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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

	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tue
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Casas Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	2	4	7	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	4.5 S	3.0 WNW	1.9 S	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	11	11	10	9	11	14	14	11	13	12	13	12	9	8	12	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	2480	1794	4574	2917	1630	528	445	4761	5379	8923	1325	3459	8840	2223	1262	307	85	716	1182	966	1069	1401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:30PM 2.50	3:43AM 2.15		2:14PM 2.37			2:32PM 1.83	3:09AM 1.28		3:17PM 2.03		5:10AM 1.97	4:56PM 1.48			6:43PM 1.58		7:01AM 2.67		8:08PM 1.37	7:24AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)			8:42PM -0.07	8:43AM 1.26		9:19PM 0.04	8:53AM 1.49		7:56PM 0.06	9:36AM 0.83		9:47PM 0.77	11:29AM 0.68		11:02PM 0.41	10:19AM 0.43		12:15AM 0.82		2:13PM 0.27	12:50AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	6	15	3	4	-	2	4	1	12	-	21	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	16	11	10	10	11	10	8	11	14	12	13	16	15	16	4	4	5	9	8	8
Low °C	8	9	10	9	10	8	8	9	7	11	12	11	12	15	15	14	3	3	4	8	6	7
Chill °C (?)	8	7	14	10	8	8	10	6	6	7	13	9	12	14	14	16	2	2	5	8	7	8
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07
Sunset	-	4:51	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 S	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	3.5 SW	4.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	13	14	14	11	13	12	13	12	9	8	12	13	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 W	1.8 NW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	-	1.2 NW	-	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	18	16	16	19	11	7	10	-	11	-	13	12	14	15	14	10	14	14	14	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 S	2.2 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.6 SE	4.5 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	0.5 W	1.9 SW	4.0 WNW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	11	-	2	3	11	-	10	3	9	12	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 23						Wednesday 24								Thursday 25
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.1 WSW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	6.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	11	14	13
Energy(?)	2880	2480	2373	2098	2032	1561	1491	8934	2213	4235	1389	1006	1252	1361	1490	373	378	445	599	2052	13386	13053
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				1:30PM 2.50				3:20AM 1.70				1:25PM 2.38								3:06PM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)		7:52AM 1.30				8:42PM -0.07			5:52AM 0.93	7:19AM 1.00				8:55PM -0.09				9:41AM 1.19				9:34PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	1	-	-	3	1	1	2	2	5	2	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	7	8	9	8	7	7	12	14	13	10	11	10	10	10	12	16	9	8	11	11	10	9
Chill °C (?)	5	6	8	6	6	6	10	12	13	8	10	9	8	8	10	16	7	5	10	11	7	6
Sunrise	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	11	8	11	10	10	10	8	10	9	10	11	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	2.1 NW	1.0 NW	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	21	21	16	16	16	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	-	-	5.0 SSW	6.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	12	13

	Tuesday 23																			Wednesday 24
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	2206	3982	2880	2660	2688	2480	2056	2203	294	1998	1930	1794	2065	2003	2003	137	1764	1561	1509	1352	1990	1990
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				7:52AM 1.30													8:31PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	1	1	1	2	-	-	2	-	1	-	6	2
High °C	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	16	15	9	9	9	9	10	16	7	7	7	7	14	14
Chill °C (?)	6	6	5	5	5	6	8	9	14	14	7	7	7	7	9	15	5	6	5	5	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.7 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.6 S	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	5	12	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	18	18	18	18	7	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	16	16	16	16	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	3	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
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