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

	Mon		Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Studio Drive CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Oceano CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Pedro Point CAL - San Mateo
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	0.3 S	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.5 W	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	1.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	7	8	7	7	18	6	8	12	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	12	12	10	10
Energy(?)	376	178	232	241	533	136	360	519	2688	1016	1365	785	2275	1966	669	693	866	580	1398	1246	836	787
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:07PM 1.60	8:30AM 1.70		10:13PM 0.55	10:16AM 1.97		9:40PM 1.51	9:08AM 1.87		9:43PM 1.62	10:00AM 1.41		9:59PM 1.60	11:02AM 1.03		11:49PM 1.86	12:31PM 0.83	3:31PM 1.70	11:47PM 1.40		3:59PM 0.80
Low Tide / height (m)				4:13PM -0.13	3:54AM -0.45	4:15AM 0.68	3:30PM -0.09	3:50AM 0.09		5:05PM 0.12	3:57AM 0.38		5:31PM 0.37	4:26AM 0.42	5:11AM 0.16	5:51PM 0.53		6:36AM 0.25			9:33AM 0.72	5:57PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	19	17	14	17	12	10	10	16	11	9	16	13	20	10	14	21	11	9	17	15
Low °C	13	14	16	15	12	16	9	9	9	12	9	9	14	12	18	9	12	21	9	8	15	13
Chill °C (?)	13	15	19	16	13	17	9	7	7	15	10	9	14	12	20	9	14	21	9	8	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.4 WNW	1.5 W	0.3 SSW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	1.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	7	8	12	7	7	13	13	12	16	11	10	14	11	11	10	9	9	12	12	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.1 SW	0.7 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	18	10	12	16	17	18	15	16	14	14	15	10	16	13	13	13	14	14	12	15	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	-	-	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	9	-	-	7	7	-	6	8	-	10	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10

	Monday 02				Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thu
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Montara CAL - San Mateo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Studio Drive CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.4 S	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.8 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	7	9	8	8	7	7	18	7	15	16	7	16	18	7	8	8	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	286	358	210	855	685	564	238	216	321	271	289	283	533	234	221	576	276	278	1067	505	1013	1357
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								8:30AM 1.70				9:06PM 1.57	10:33PM 1.41								12:09AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)						3:30AM 0.76								2:59AM 0.41				3:57PM -0.06	6:49PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	13	13	13	14	17	26	19	24	25	13	24	16	16	22	17	9	16	10	9
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	12	12	12	13	17	26	19	24	25	12	24	16	16	22	17	7	16	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	7	9	8	8	7	7	15	12	15	16	7	16	7	7	15	8	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	16	11	11	17	14	15	18	14	17	14	16	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.3 W	-	1.8 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	-	-	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	8	8	-	-	7	7	3	3	7	3	-	7	8	8	-	-	8	8

	Monday 02													Tuesday 03
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Montara CAL - San Mateo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Studio Drive CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.7 WNW	0.5 S	1.0 W	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 SW	1.0 W	0.5 S	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	13	9	9	9	7	7	16	9	19	19	9	18	7	8	9	6	8	7	13	8
Energy(?)	262	454	175	291	376	430	213	212	207	465	357	357	842	395	178	281	160	84	134	161	160	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)													10:05PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)						3:35PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	17	16	16	16	16	15	26	14	24	24	13	23	14	12	14	15	10	14	10	14
Chill °C (?)	14	15	17	15	14	15	16	15	26	13	24	24	12	23	13	12	14	15	8	14	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.5 S	0.5 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 W	0.5 S	1.0 W	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 SW	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 W
Period (s)	9	9	6	9	13	13	7	7	12	13	12	12	9	18	7	8	9	6	8	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 NW	0.4 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	10	13	13	18	18	13	13	16	18	19	19	13	12	10	13	12	12	8	9	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	6	9	8	8	9	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

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