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

	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.0 NW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NNW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NNW	1.0 W	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	10	10	9	9	6	15
Energy(?)	1190	573	912	471	385	283	167	402	622	1101	2159	1828	1648	867	862	213	547	490	633	734	173	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:17PM 1.80		4:27AM 2.23		7:54PM 1.18	5:13AM 2.10		8:34PM 1.27	7:00AM 1.85		9:49PM 1.05	8:11AM 1.88		9:41PM 1.39	8:22AM 1.73		10:12PM 1.42	9:06AM 1.74		8:48PM 1.52	12:01PM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)	11:28AM 0.57		10:26PM 1.51	12:25PM 0.39		11:07PM 1.06			12:31AM 0.97			3:12AM 0.51		2:29PM -0.26	2:26AM 0.67		3:10PM -0.26	3:14AM 0.52		3:16PM 0.19	2:28AM 0.48	6:02AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	18	14	16	18	15	27	9	7	17	10	7	13	11	12	29	12	10	11	11	14	27
Low °C	13	16	13	15	16	14	24	8	5	12	8	5	13	8	10	27	10	9	11	10	14	24
Chill °C (?)	10	18	14	16	18	15	27	7	6	16	7	4	13	10	12	29	10	10	11	10	14	27
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.2 W	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NNW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 NNW	1.0 W	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	10	10	9	9	6	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 WNW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	12	9	8	8	8	8	6	8	7	8	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.3 N	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	4	5	2	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 NW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 W	0.6 S	1.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	9
Energy(?)	1316	1190	1000	1189	1093	532	618	513	505	716	244	360	521	283	283	269	224	214	213	274	274	521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)					6:11PM 1.49			3:51AM 1.72						7:54PM 1.18			5:05AM 1.73				7:56PM 1.22	9:46PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			11:28AM 0.57			9:04PM 1.02					10:51AM 0.50	1:17PM -0.02			11:07PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	11	13	14	14	2	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	13	13	14	16	13	14	13	19	16	12	15	15	14	14	19	23	26	23	7
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	12	12	14	16	13	14	12	19	16	12	15	15	14	14	19	23	26	23	6
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 NW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.6 S	1.5 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	10	16	9	9	9	9	8	15	13	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	0.6 NW	-	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.2 W	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	-	4	4	-	-	5	9	12	-

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	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.0 W	1.0 NW	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	2.3 SW	0.8 NW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	13	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	4	15	9
Energy(?)	1263	1316	1316	1110	1125	267	495	317	371	1439	386	645	1152	472	535	534	524	532	299	104	67	482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)															6:45PM 1.05						1:25AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)							10:47AM 0.46											9:04PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	4	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	14	16	18	17	17	14	20	15	14	16	16	15	14	14	15	15	24	7
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	12	12	16	18	17	17	12	20	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	15	14	24	5
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	2.3 SW	0.8 NW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	13	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	12	4	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.5 NW	1.0 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	16	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	-	-	0.5 SE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.6 NW	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	9	-	-	4	11	-	-	-	-	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5

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