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

	Fri		Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Marina CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Shacks CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NW	1.4 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	3.5 W	1.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.4 NW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	6	10	9	8	7	6	18	7	13	11	8	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2832	1881	1394	1030	759	645	548	272	236	258	213	163	282	184	294	300	2992	508	998	1137	618	981
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	on	on	glass	on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:05PM 1.80	9:23AM 2.61		11:12PM 2.14	10:22AM 2.64		11:47PM 2.27	11:13AM 2.63		11:59PM 1.99	11:37AM 2.16		12:50AM 2.46	12:46PM 2.44		12:57AM 2.10			11:54PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		2:55AM 1.10		4:30PM -0.22		4:26AM 0.90	5:13PM -0.22		5:16AM 0.70	5:45PM -0.19		5:35AM 0.51	6:26PM -0.04		6:45AM 0.40	6:59PM 0.12		7:02AM 0.29	3:31PM 0.40		7:11AM 0.23	5:49PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	7	13	11	9	13	13	18	17	17	13	18	17	16	25	11	8	15	15	13	17	15
Low °C	9	6	11	9	9	12	13	15	16	14	11	15	15	16	20	9	7	13	13	10	16	12
Chill °C (?)	8	5	13	10	9	13	13	18	17	17	13	18	16	16	25	10	7	15	15	12	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NW	0.5 SSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	1.0 W	-	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.3 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	13	10	9	8	7	12	7	15	7	-	10	16	10	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 W	-	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	12	9	9	10	8	8	12	13	13	13	12	16	18	18	13	-	12	13	15	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	1.3 WNW	-	1.2 WNW	-	3.5 W	1.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	1.4 NW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	6	-	7	-	11	8	9	-	10	10

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	13	14	10	10
Energy(?)	2277	3066	2627	2258	1881	1723	1544	1279	1091	1057	1283	1073	759	706	619	507	577	515	203	236	510	262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					10:33PM 1.99			9:23AM 2.61					11:12PM 2.14								10:42PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		3:09PM -0.17				3:27AM 1.09					4:04PM -0.26				4:26AM 0.90							3:14AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	16	9	7	6	6	6	9	11	10	12	11	9	9	9	11	13	12	24	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	15	7	5	4	4	4	9	11	9	12	11	8	8	8	11	13	12	24	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	13	14	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	18	18	8	12	12	10	10	9	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	18	10	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-

	Friday 27													Saturday 28
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1431	2241	2799	2761	2720	2832	2753	2704	2627	2610	2450	2520	2131	1999	1881	1852	2414	2345	301	217	261	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)													10:33PM 1.99									7:25AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)						3:40PM -0.16											2:52AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	17	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	11	12	12	7	7	6	7	12	13	23	18	15	18
Chill °C (?)	9	16	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	12	11	5	5	4	5	12	13	23	18	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	2.2 NNW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	8	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	18	13	13	9	9	9	18	18	8	10	10	8	12	12	12	9	9	10	16	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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