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

	Sun	Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	9	9	5	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	8	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	3.0 SW	3.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 NW	1.5 NW	3.0 SW	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	10	12	16	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	12	13	12	11	13
Energy(?)	4916	1367	2580	2151	1984	1014	563	2563	4317	10826	5302	5330	2801	2054	3977	6105	3259	2040	1763	904	2528	4978
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:58AM 2.68		10:28PM 1.82	10:33AM 2.86		9:06PM 1.66	9:09AM 1.91		12:20AM 1.82	11:23AM 2.59		1:38AM 2.23	12:34PM 3.01		11:34PM 1.37	10:05AM 2.24		11:30PM 1.35	11:36AM 2.16		3:33AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)	3:39AM 0.47		4:34PM -0.02	3:56AM 0.49	4:22AM 0.59	4:57PM -0.30	2:09AM 0.86		3:56PM -0.41		5:20AM 0.75	6:54PM -0.62		6:35AM 0.97	7:00PM -0.13	3:34AM 1.07		6:25PM 0.04	3:15AM 1.13	5:16AM 1.27		8:05PM -0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	3	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	18	15	11	16	20	16	15	15	14	17	19	14	23	12	10	13	12	18	17	16	16
Low °C	11	16	14	9	16	19	15	15	15	14	15	17	13	20	11	8	10	10	18	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	11	18	14	9	16	20	15	14	13	13	17	19	14	23	12	10	12	11	18	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:10	-	-	4:53	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	3.0 SW	3.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 NW	1.5 NW	3.0 SW	3.5 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	10	12	16	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	12	13	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.7 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	16	9	12	12	14	15	10	-	14	14	18	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.6 S	1.4 SSE	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	8	-	3	3	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Sun		Monday 03								Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey
Rating	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	3.0 SW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	13	14	13	9	10
Energy(?)	5154	5203	5133	5124	3895	4040	1897	1322	1338	3557	3368	1912	1655	1318	1035	1732	1397	1195	1062	815	2486	609
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:53PM 2.14				9:34AM 2.26					10:28PM 1.82							9:06PM 1.66				9:08AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)				3:14AM 0.37				2:28PM -0.05					4:22AM 0.59			2:14PM 0.09				2:09AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	10	9	8	11	9	15	17	19	15	14	14	10	9	11	15	16	16	15	19	15	15	17
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	10	9	14	17	19	15	13	14	8	7	9	14	16	16	15	19	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	13	14	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	9	9	7	13	13	13	12	9	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5

	Sunday 02							Monday 03
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey
Rating	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	1.8 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	5363	5161	5154	4398	5274	4724	2314	1894	1717	5113	5181	4635	4337	4175	3982	2457	2457	2789	1763	2414	3853	1178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						9:28PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)												3:39AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	12	9	12	15	15	15	12	12	9	9	9	11	16	16	17	20	17	15	16
Chill °C (?)	10	9	8	12	7	11	15	15	15	11	11	8	8	7	9	16	16	17	20	17	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	1.8 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.5 NNW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	7	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

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

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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