California Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

California wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the California region.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Westport-The Corner Washington	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.0 WNW	1.2 S	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.9 S	0.5 S	1.6 NNW	1.4 NW	0.6 SW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	18	18	11	16	9	12	14	14	15	11	13	14	7	7	16	9	10	18	10	10
Energy(?)	1996	1185	969	810	502	1274	360	621	849	521	563	786	486	160	343	488	417	728	720	920	993	1231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:57AM 2.30	12:43PM 1.16	2:25PM 2.04	1:58AM 2.42	1:15PM 1.56		10:54PM 1.93		2:29PM 1.05	12:01AM 1.92	10:40AM 1.08		9:44PM 1.56	12:40PM 1.17		1:24AM 0.65			11:55PM 1.72			8:20PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		5:59AM -0.03	7:55PM 0.61		6:44AM 0.41	6:04PM 1.10		8:08AM -0.04	6:32PM 0.86			3:17PM 0.77		6:23AM 0.62	4:01PM 1.07		5:51AM 0.59			10:34AM 0.23		12:26AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	25	17	23	18	14	16	27	20	14	18	18	22	9	18	28	9	8	27	13	10
Low °C	11	8	25	17	16	18	12	12	27	17	13	17	17	18	9	17	26	9	6	26	12	10
Chill °C (?)	10	14	25	16	23	17	13	16	27	20	14	17	17	22	6	17	28	6	5	27	12	8
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:36	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.0 WNW	1.2 S	1.2 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	11	18	18	11	16	6	12	14	14	11	14	13	6	9	13	12	11	10	18	16	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 NW	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	1.0 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.3 SSE	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.1 SW	0.3 NW	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 W
Period (s)	15	12	10	12	18	10	9	6	9	6	15	20	13	14	13	11	16	17	16	6	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	-	1.3 NW	-	-	0.5 W	1.1 NW	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NNW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	1.7 NW	-	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	-	12	-	-	6	6	-	11	6	6	7	7	6	9	-	6	10	10

	Thu		Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	18	15	16	15	16	16	12
Energy(?)	2644	3061	1491	1239	1638	1459	1089	1124	1624	1113	1069	1034	1022	1321	1255	570	974	1221	1132	530	528	621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:31AM 2.45											10:38AM 1.61				10:07PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)	6:51PM 0.48				6:03AM 0.42				5:44PM 0.55			3:33AM 0.23									5:47AM 0.01	9:20AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	7	6	14	18	15	14	17	16	23	23	23	18	18	19	23	17	17	18	19	16
Chill °C (?)	9	10	6	4	14	18	14	14	17	16	23	23	23	18	17	19	23	16	16	18	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	12	12	10	15	16	15	16	16	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	14	14	10	12	13	20	10	5	6	16	16	18	12	10	10	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	5	5	-	-	-	3	8	12	12	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.6 WNW	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	11	11	7	12	12	9	19	19	18	20	20	12	18	20	19	20	20	10
Energy(?)	3025	990	2343	2192	2088	2102	469	2282	990	2506	592	578	563	490	497	728	716	536	509	205	205	554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								12:20AM 1.71									9:18AM 1.44	10:06AM 1.75				2:25PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)			7:24PM 0.45								3:07AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	15	9	9	11	11	13	7	10	11	22	23	23	16	16	14	25	17	17	20	21	12
Chill °C (?)	10	14	8	8	8	8	10	6	9	9	22	23	23	15	15	13	25	16	16	20	21	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.6 WNW	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	15	15	12	12	12	9	19	19	18	13	13	12	18	20	19	13	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	15	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	20	20	12	6	14	14	18	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.3 NNE	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 W	0.7 W	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	11	11	7	-	-	9	5	5	5	6	7	3	6	7	7	8	8	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
Costa Rica	Louisiana	The Bahamas
El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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