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

	Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Fri
	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	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	1	4	2	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	1.5 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s)	9	12	12	9	8	8	16	11	14	14	14	16	14	12	12	14	13	14	13	6	11	16
Energy	410	584	758	221	584	752	1058	793	1175	947	1042	560	539	644	392	241	1083	394	377	427	391	418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:14PM 1.13		11:42PM 1.53	11:46AM 1.50		11:09PM 2.10			12:33AM 2.34		2:17PM 1.47	1:34AM 2.51			1:37AM 1.55		5:29PM 1.66	3:39AM 2.06		5:50PM 1.76	4:50AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 0.64		5:11AM 0.27	7:01PM 0.48		7:06AM -0.21	5:41PM 0.92		8:13AM 0.35	5:57PM 1.31		11:01AM 0.74			10:26AM 0.71		9:55PM 1.15	11:01AM 0.08		11:07PM 1.87	1:12PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	17	11	17	13	15	15	14	11	11	15	17	17	15	12	27	14	11	18	20	11	12
Low °C	11	17	10	14	12	14	14	13	11	11	15	17	17	14	11	24	13	10	14	18	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	9	17	12	14	15	13	10	11	14	16	16	14	10	27	13	9	18	20	11	11
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	8:08	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:25	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 W	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	12	7	9	8	8	9	11	14	14	14	16	14	12	12	7	13	14	13	13	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	1.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	11	16	16	17	8	15	9	16	15	15	15	14	16	14	14	14	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	5	4	5	-	8	5	7	6	-	7

	Friday 01								Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North
Rating	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.7 NW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.6 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	12	12	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	16	15	14	14
Energy	839	1632	1340	813	465	369	950	902	1004	721	1032	617	273	306	739	1442	849	887	1043	1208	1331	1167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				10:59AM 1.55	12:57PM 0.93			10:43PM 1.54	11:30PM 2.40					4:33PM 2.36			1:16AM 2.37					3:34PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			6:27AM -0.12			4:36PM 1.10	5:17PM 0.61				5:45AM 0.27				5:50PM 0.70					8:20AM -0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	11	15	14	19	12	11	11	10	16	12	19	19	11	17	11	11	15	16	14	12
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	14	13	19	12	11	10	10	16	12	19	19	9	17	11	11	15	16	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.7 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	9	9	12	9	12	7	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	0.1 SW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	20	19	11	17	18	16	16	8	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	9	7	-	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 01
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North
Rating	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.2 NW	0.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.2 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	13	9	13	13	9	13	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	786	842	777	632	581	403	700	428	785	654	428	642	423	425	976	458	703	660	622	668	452	527
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							5:53AM -0.16														7:17PM 1.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	11	12	12	20	12	16	16	12	11	12	12	11	10	12	10
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	20	10	16	16	10	9	10	10	9	8	11	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	1.5 W	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	9	9	13	9	8	7	12	7	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	7	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	10	13	13	7	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 NW	-	-	1.7 NW	-	1.6 NW	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	2.2 NW	1.4 W	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	-	1.3 WNW	-	1.0 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	-	8	-	9	-	-	-	8	6	6	6	-	7	-	6

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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