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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	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	2.3 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.3 NW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.4 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	11	17	16	16	8	22	21	8	18	18	18	16	10	17	11	12	12	11	11	10	12
Energy(?)	1747	1399	651	459	583	1208	701	516	1509	1450	1794	1197	1060	1583	590	1638	1655	1623	1624	988	728	484
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:07PM 0.18	8:48AM 1.84		10:34PM 1.49	8:09AM 1.55		9:41PM 1.57	8:11AM 1.48		9:53PM 1.19	9:58AM 1.81		10:06PM 1.25	9:34AM 1.53		10:29PM 1.35	9:49AM 1.99		8:34PM 1.67	11:27AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		2:57PM 0.33	11:11PM 0.16		2:12PM -0.02	2:56AM 1.11		4:09PM 0.11	2:21AM 1.19		3:16PM -0.12	3:10AM 0.44		3:44PM -0.13	3:34AM 0.41		4:11PM -0.09	4:15AM 0.27		3:03PM 0.30	2:39AM 0.27	5:07AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	-	13	-	-	10	-	-	-
High °C	7	12	21	21	22	18	20	24	15	26	26	21	17	8	24	10	15	12	9	16	14	22
Low °C	5	11	16	16	20	14	19	23	14	25	26	18	16	8	23	9	14	12	9	16	13	19
Chill °C (?)	4	10	21	21	22	18	20	24	14	26	26	21	17	5	24	9	14	11	8	16	14	22
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	7:17	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	0.8 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 S	1.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.6 SSW	2.0 NW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 NW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.4 SW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	10	18	8	8	16	8	11	21	8	18	18	18	16	10	7	11	12	12	11	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.3 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.2 WNW	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	14	17	16	14	15	13	13	14	12	14	9	10	19	17	18	16	16	16	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 NW	-	-	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	-	-	2.3 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	7	8	-	-	8	4	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 12						Friday 13								Saturday 14
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.5 W	1.6 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	12	10	11	10	10	10	11	16	16	16	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	21	20	8
Energy(?)	1180	1936	1336	1236	1624	1038	1334	1014	1086	541	826	628	1420	1128	1208	1130	1143	1234	812	640	1455	1206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:29AM 1.83					9:51PM 1.39			6:27AM 1.81					9:16PM 1.03			7:25AM 1.42				7:42PM 1.28	10:08PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)			12:59PM -0.77	4:08PM 0.23			1:05AM 0.97					2:34PM 0.01			1:35AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	27	4	21	10	9	10	17	20	22	22	12	17	16	14	14	18	29	19	24	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	27	1	21	9	8	10	17	20	22	22	10	17	16	13	13	18	29	19	24	14
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	2.5 W	0.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 S	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.8 NW	1.2 SSW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	8	8	16	10	8	8	8	8	8	14	9	20	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.6 NW	0.8 S	1.6 WSW	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	19	12	18	9	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	11	16	16	15	14	15	15	22	13	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 NW	-	1.7 NW	-	1.3 NW	-	1.7 NW	-	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 WNW	-	1.0 SW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	11	-	6	-	8	-	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	-	12	8

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	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	4.0 W	0.8 S	2.4 WSW	0.8 S	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.7 NW	0.9 S	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	18	10	18	11	11	11	12	18	18	18	11	18	11	11	11	17	17	13	14	17
Energy(?)	1119	5394	580	1896	613	1246	1239	1239	849	597	817	715	1142	1046	1624	1619	1437	698	609	860	377	803
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																	9:08PM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)									1:29PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	18	6	19	12	11	13	28	24	24	25	14	22	21	20	20	19	19	26	23	14
Chill °C (?)	9	7	18	3	19	11	9	12	28	24	24	25	12	22	21	20	20	19	19	26	23	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	3.0 W	0.9 NW	2.4 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	8	10	8	11	11	11	12	8	18	18	18	11	11	11	8	8	7	13	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	1.9 NW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	19	7	18	10	18	18	18	18	18	18	12	12	14	18	18	17	17	17	17	15	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 W	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	-	1.4 NW	-	0.5 WNW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	11	9	11	11	11	-	7	-	3	8

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