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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	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Turtles Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	4	4	7	9	5	5	5	8	9	8	5	4	4	5	5	6	9	9	9	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	5.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	1.9 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 NW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	13	16	14	16	13	13	20	19	16	15	14	13	13	13	14	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	3752	1153	2619	2860	13591	8435	4322	3810	1423	5591	6485	6109	3350	2344	2265	1804	3491	4332	7560	10809	10789	8484
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross	on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:28AM 2.20		9:24PM 1.75	10:55AM 2.52		10:34PM 1.27	10:22AM 1.55		10:56PM 1.67	10:21AM 2.05		1:12AM 1.90	12:28PM 2.30		2:27AM 2.02	1:27PM 2.48		3:10AM 1.96	11:41AM 1.99		2:26AM 1.46	1:55PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		5:32PM 0.43	3:20AM 0.69		4:50PM 0.23	3:57AM 0.41		4:40PM 0.46	4:15AM 0.93		3:12PM 0.26		6:32AM 0.83	7:52PM -0.03		7:33AM 0.98	7:13PM -0.01	8:26PM -0.04	5:36AM 1.24	7:16PM 0.39		8:09AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	29	-	1	7	1
High °C	17	23	19	14	14	12	20	13	12	11	17	16	16	14	13	16	15	13	16	17	15	14
Low °C	12	21	17	13	14	10	17	12	11	10	16	13	13	13	12	11	15	12	13	16	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	23	19	13	12	10	20	12	12	10	17	16	16	12	12	16	15	10	16	16	15	13
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	5.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	1.9 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	15	13	16	14	16	13	13	13	19	16	15	14	13	13	13	14	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	2.3 WNW	2.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	-
Period (s)	7	7	16	17	-	14	16	16	16	20	13	15	15	15	16	21	19	21	20	20	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	9	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 18						Sunday 19								Monday 20
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	7	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	4.5 NW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	16	17	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	12
Energy(?)	6225	5020	2379	3375	3457	1017	1072	2202	1990	1787	1395	12645	13088	10230	8435	6564	6838	4043	4291	3422	3203	3337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						9:43PM 1.31				9:36AM 1.98					12:21AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	5:21AM 0.22			4:43PM 0.85				3:20AM 0.69					5:40PM 0.26							4:40PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	13	21	14	15	17	16	17	18	21	21	14	12	12	11	10	11	12	20	20	18	13
Chill °C (?)	7	13	21	14	15	17	16	17	18	21	21	14	11	12	11	9	10	12	20	20	18	13
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	4.5 NW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	16	17	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.3 SW	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	17	12	8	16	16	9	16	16	15	15	14	16	15	-	14	-	15	-	13	13	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 18	Sunday 19
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	7	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	18	16	16	17	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	6296	5678	1461	3853	4159	870	960	2185	2379	2351	543	3822	3612	2808	2625	2326	3216	1945	2449	2681	2619	2386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)	5:21AM 0.22												5:02PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	20	13	17	21	21	22	21	20	21	14	13	12	12	12	14	13	18	18	18	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	20	13	17	21	21	22	21	20	21	13	13	11	11	10	14	11	18	18	18	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	16	16	18	16	16	17	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 NW	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	17	17	14	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	17	17	15	15	15	7	15	9	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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