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

	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	1.1 WNW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 NNW	0.7 S	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	10	15	13	8	8	8	14	12	12	13	18	17	8	14	11	13	11	16	8
Energy(?)	816	364	1308	639	375	284	169	301	310	781	1457	1709	797	575	560	862	521	3545	635	2305	599	1040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:49PM 2.34	11:37AM 1.27		10:45PM 2.28	12:20PM 1.66		10:16PM 2.27			11:32PM 2.30			11:19PM 2.17			2:48AM 1.79			11:06PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			5:26PM 0.40		5:50AM 0.13	3:55PM 0.82		8:11AM -0.26	5:53PM 1.14		7:39AM 0.07	5:52PM 1.17		8:11AM 0.17	4:41PM 1.13	8:30PM 0.82	8:32AM -0.11			8:42AM 0.48		12:37AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	17	14	14	25	11	15	14	12	11	12	14	27	28	13	12	10	11	11	16	12
Low °C	14	11	17	12	11	24	10	11	14	11	11	12	13	24	27	10	11	10	10	9	15	9
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	13	14	25	10	15	14	12	9	11	13	27	28	13	12	9	11	10	15	10
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:42	-	-	6:40	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:57	-	-	6:42	-	-	8:25	-	-	7:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.2 WNW	2.5 NNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	10	10	15	9	13	8	8	8	14	12	12	13	18	17	8	8	12	13	11	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	0.9 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	17	13	13	12	15	9	14	12	12	8	7	6	7	13	13	14	14	16	8	13	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	-	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	-	-	4.0 WNW	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	8	-	10	10	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	11	-	-	7	8

	Thu		Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	14	15	14	13	13	18	13	8
Energy(?)	1521	1662	1363	1187	1039	1148	1108	680	1238	1311	1049	1034	578	534	508	265	250	315	311	321	301	301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:25PM 1.61	11:05PM 1.82			10:02AM 1.63				10:12PM 2.28								8:46PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)					5:01AM 0.26															3:44AM 0.01		8:34AM -0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	9	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	16	18	18	13	18	21	21	21	23	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	7	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	16	18	17	13	18	21	21	21	23	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	13	13	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NW	0.4 W	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	17	13	15	16	13	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	8	6	18	18	18	5	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	3	-	-	4	4	4	5	-

	Thursday 16						Friday 17
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	0.9 SSW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	14	10	16	10	14	14	14	14	14	9
Energy(?)	516	649	2073	1332	1288	859	859	1844	2468	1412	2410	1307	496	1202	573	755	425	389	389	389	389	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																	9:44AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)												4:26AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	11	13	13	14	14	13	13	15	14	12	15	12	17	12	18	26	26	26	26	12
Chill °C (?)	16	17	8	11	11	12	12	12	12	14	13	11	15	11	16	12	18	26	26	26	26	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.8 WNW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	1.1 WNW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	17	17	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	16	10	14	14	14	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 S	0.7 W	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 W
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	11	13	13	14	17	13	17	13	14	13	12	17	8	10	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	-	10	-	-	-	8	-	-	6	6	6	5	-

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