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 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Celestino Sinaloa	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Heavens CAL - LA County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Latigo Canyon CAL - LA County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Topanga Point CAL - LA County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	1	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.7 NW	1.2 WNW	0.6 S	1.8 NW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	7	12	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	7	8	13	8	8
Energy(?)	287	206	246	84	209	246	270	329	464	463	133	355	458	245	412	389	262	629	336	172	673	342
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	on	glass	off	cross	off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:16AM 1.33	6:01PM 1.81		6:56AM 1.30	7:43PM 2.10		10:28AM 1.19		8:50PM 1.82	11:21AM 1.27			10:07AM 1.58			12:38PM 1.40		10:33PM 1.88	12:58PM 1.38		9:31PM 2.28	10:12AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	12:51PM 0.81		1:31AM -0.07	10:38AM 1.12		12:38AM 0.19		2:07PM 0.88	4:41AM -0.26		4:07PM 0.90	2:45AM 0.01		2:49PM 1.09	2:41AM -0.02	5:45AM -0.40	4:37PM 0.87		5:36AM -0.37	2:43PM 0.75	4:33AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	30	13	18	21	20	29	30	30	29	18	21	28	18	22	30	31	26	21	20	25	21	28
Low °C	28	13	17	18	19	28	29	30	28	17	20	27	17	20	29	29	24	20	19	24	19	24
Chill °C (?)	30	11	17	21	20	29	30	30	29	18	21	28	18	22	30	31	26	21	20	25	21	28
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.2 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	8	13	6	13	12	9	9	16	16	6	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	8	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	13	10	13	10	9	17	17	10	12	12	16	15	11	9	5	14	14	14	8	20	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	-	0.6 NW	-	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.8 NW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	1.7 NW	-	0.8 W	1.8 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	5	-	4	-	7	4	4	5	4	8	-	-	6	4	5	5	5	7	-	6	8	8

	Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	9	14	16	13	8	14	8	8	8	7	8	13	14	14	12	7	7	8	8	17	16	17
Energy(?)	570	255	208	313	361	290	966	1156	834	513	688	239	75	103	216	686	201	238	237	270	215	329
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:31AM 0.97			3:33PM 1.53	6:53PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	1:52AM 0.13			9:18AM 1.04	12:04PM 0.76					2:20AM -0.06		10:38AM 1.12	11:27AM 1.15					2:29AM -0.22			11:53AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	13	18	14	27	15	14	12	14	12	18	19	22	29	12	13	13	14	30	18	30
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	18	14	27	15	14	12	14	12	18	19	22	29	10	13	13	14	30	18	30
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	13	8	14	8	7	8	6	8	13	5	14	12	13	7	8	8	9	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	14	13	9	13	9	14	14	14	14	13	9	14	9	9	18	13	13	13	17	16	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.5 NW	-	0.6 WNW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	-	8	-	5	8	8	8	7	8	5	-	6	4	7	-	-	-	4	7	5

	Saturday 19
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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	16	16	14	16	13	16	9	13	16	13	13	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	571	254	202	321	411	337	455	407	204	292	198	313	122	133	320	422	243	243	244	286	343	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		12:27AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	18	12	27	11	12	11	16	13	18	18	23	29	13	20	20	19	28	18	28
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	18	12	27	11	12	10	16	12	18	18	23	29	12	20	20	19	28	17	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	16	16	14	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	13	14	6	14	8	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	15	9	9	9	16	9	16	14	13	16	13	9	5	14	9	13	18	18	18	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	-	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	4	3	-	4	-	-	4	-	4	8	-	6	5	-	9	9	9	5	10	5

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