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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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	3	4	4	4	5	7	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.6 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	2.5 SW	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	1.4 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	10	10	12	10	12	10	12	12	12	8	10	9	8	8	16	15	17	8	11
Energy(?)	1135	914	211	594	1442	3917	2195	4631	832	1230	1123	1138	1112	555	361	274	549	285	158	209	326	1294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:56AM 1.75		12:34AM 1.58			1:04AM 2.01	11:50AM 1.45	3:37PM 1.53	3:38AM 2.44				4:29AM 2.37		7:10PM 1.56	4:51AM 1.58		8:44PM 1.62	6:15AM 2.59		8:38PM 1.66	8:25AM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)		6:00PM 0.66		7:26AM 0.70	6:31PM 0.84		6:00AM 0.64		9:14PM 0.71	11:24AM 0.14	4:43PM 0.95	10:01PM 0.92	11:58AM 0.08		11:40PM 1.01	12:57PM -0.04		1:09AM 1.08		1:31PM 0.29	12:44AM 1.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	4	2	6	-	1	15	42	22	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	16	5	12	7	6	12	10	15	14	12	13	13	17	14	16	9	17	22	27	7	10
Low °C	8	14	4	9	6	5	11	10	14	14	12	12	13	16	14	15	8	16	19	27	6	10
Chill °C (?)	10	14	2	9	4	2	9	6	15	13	11	12	11	17	14	16	6	17	22	27	6	9
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	5:32	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 W	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	1.4 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	11	13	6	10	10	12	11	13	10	9	9	12	11	10	9	8	8	8	7	17	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	-	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.0 NW	0.3 NW	0.9 WSW	0.8 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	0.1 SW	1.0 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	-	9	12	11	16	17	13	15	12	12	10	16	12	10	10	15	16	8	13	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 WNW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	0.4 SE	-	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	0.8 NW	-	0.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	3	3	4	4	10	12	-	3	-	7	8	-	-	-	8	5	-	4	-	-

	Friday 20						Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	5	3	4	7	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 S	1.8 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	8	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	8	8	12	11	8	10	12
Energy(?)	2108	1534	532	613	725	513	1817	721	532	1211	272	1021	1345	2884	3917	861	1055	6095	2923	1590	1445	5231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:00PM 1.33				10:41PM 2.10	2:04AM 2.16			10:22AM 1.62	2:50PM 1.96				2:07AM 1.58				2:51PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	6:01AM 0.75				6:00PM 0.66					9:25AM 0.23				9:10PM 0.46								9:49PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	2	-	-	4
Temp. °C	10	11	10	10	9	9	13	8	7	4	21	12	11	6	5	11	10	5	11	13	13	9
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	10	9	9	12	4	3	0	21	10	8	2	1	9	8	1	8	11	11	7
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 S	1.9 S	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	9	9	13	9	12	11	16	9	12	13	14	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	2.4 SSW	-	0.7 SE	-	0.4 SE	-	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	8	-	4	-	3	-	4	4	8	8	-	4	-	-	-

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	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	5	3	4	7	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 NNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	10	9	10	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6
Energy(?)	5346	5097	953	1296	1687	1534	482	802	454	364	463	399	362	305	293	367	283	230	256	244	241	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							10:12AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)																7:22PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	7	8	10	11	15	9	9	8	18	9	9	7	6	8	8	5	6	8	8	5
Chill °C (?)	8	8	6	7	9	10	13	7	6	5	17	6	6	4	4	6	6	2	2	5	5	1
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	9	10	13	10	10	9	9	9	9	6	6	9	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.1 S	0.9 NNW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	9	9	8	13	9	9	8	8	10	14	9	9	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	0.4 S	-	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	4	12	4	5	5	5	-	-	3	3	3	4	3

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