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

	Tue		Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	10	14	15	13	13	15	12	13	13	20	18	18	16	16	15
Energy(?)	612	725	383	484	394	518	553	832	205	490	257	201	333	182	297	406	475	658	635	683	759	538
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:48PM 1.37		10:11AM 1.26	5:49PM 1.52		9:58AM 1.56	7:27PM 1.75		8:28AM 1.66		9:06PM 2.12	10:39AM 1.73		8:12PM 2.18	9:33AM 1.54		11:45PM 1.94	10:28AM 1.82		10:05PM 1.72	10:32AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		3:05AM 0.12			1:06AM 0.24			1:54AM 0.18	1:35PM 0.87	4:14PM 0.79	4:08AM 0.24		2:42PM 0.40	2:47AM 0.14		3:45PM 0.25			3:36PM 0.43	4:25AM 0.06		6:07PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	15	26	23	25	26	24	17	26	15	17	22	15	30	29	28	30	30	28	30	30
Low °C	27	25	14	26	22	23	25	22	14	25	14	14	21	14	28	29	26	28	29	27	28	30
Chill °C (?)	27	27	15	26	23	25	26	24	17	26	13	17	22	15	30	29	28	30	30	28	30	30
Sunrise	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	6:23	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.7 NW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	10	6	15	13	8	15	12	13	13	14	18	18	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	5	6	6	6	7	18	14	11	8	9	13	6	8	9	14	20	14	13	13	5	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.6 NNW	-	1.2 NW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	5	5	-	-	-	7	11	4	4	4	5	5	5

	Tuesday 02				Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Fri
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Celestino Sinaloa	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 NW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	14	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	567	567	690	1167	1305	511	513	648	660	529	611	517	540	1104	514	518	531	484	857	575	520	512
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:28PM 1.63								7:32PM 2.00					8:56AM 1.36			7:01PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)	12:09PM 1.20				12:42AM 0.36	2:30AM 0.39			12:08PM 1.20	2:25PM 1.04												3:32AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	19	14	27	27	16	23	31	23	16	18	17	23	25	24	25	15	25	24	22	22	17
Chill °C (?)	27	19	14	27	27	16	23	31	23	16	18	17	23	25	24	25	15	25	24	22	22	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	6	16	11	16	16	7	7	10	14	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.6 W	0.5 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 W	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	1.1 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	18	11	10	7	6	5	7	9	7	16	6	14	7	7	16	14	15	6	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02												Wednesday 03
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Celestino Sinaloa	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	14	14	15	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	559	539	673	574	605	453	535	727	609	537	426	426	454	725	454	355	252	433	644	511	513	576
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)							6:00PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)			1:18PM 1.02											1:00AM 0.41	1:33AM 0.08		3:05AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	19	16	27	27	20	24	28	21	16	17	17	22	25	22	22	15	22	21	23	23	20
Chill °C (?)	27	19	15	27	27	20	24	28	21	16	17	17	22	25	22	22	15	22	21	23	23	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	7	15	16	16	6	7	7	15	16	15	15	6	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	7	18	18	7	10	15	18	10	10	15	14	14	5	5	5	5	14	5	10	6	6	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	-	-	4	4	5	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	9

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Massachusetts	New-York

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