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 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	La Push Washington	Smith River and Kellogg Rd CAL - Del Norte County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	6	9	9	8	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.7 NW	1.3 W	0.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 S	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	13	16	11	10	16	14	7	14	16	16	15	14	14	11
Energy(?)	1909	1541	1432	446	985	1507	1659	1515	1600	1007	348	594	454	2070	1336	2270	5535	4357	9190	7254	5037	1731
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:19AM 1.93		3:35AM 2.12		2:14PM 2.72	3:22AM 1.61			3:47AM 1.45				6:46AM 2.15	5:47PM 2.06		7:39AM 2.24		7:11PM 1.94	6:31AM 1.91			7:20AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		6:30PM -0.36	8:38PM -0.51	8:21AM 1.17		7:58PM 0.11	7:26AM 1.37		8:09PM 0.28	7:52AM 1.28		12:06AM -0.00	12:19PM 1.12		12:38AM 0.23		1:39PM 0.93	1:34AM 0.39	12:53PM 0.87	2:42PM 0.70	12:25AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	15	25	4	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	22	18	16	17	14	17	13	24	21	20	10	16	15	16	10	10	12	13	12	16	16
Low °C	12	21	18	13	14	13	15	13	22	21	17	9	16	14	15	9	10	11	12	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	22	18	16	17	14	17	13	24	21	20	9	16	14	14	7	10	9	12	12	15	16
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	5:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	5:04	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:51	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 W	1.4 SW	2.1 WNW	0.9 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	13	10	12	11	11	11	13	12	10	10	6	14	16	14	16	16	15	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	1.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 W	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	19	18	12	12	11	14	12	15	16	11	9	9	7	14	14	9	8	16	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 08						Sunday 09								Monday 10
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1107	1041	1631	1324	1093	1222	1063	1238	1185	1101	1000	1077	1201	1355	1507	1466	1517	1659	1298	1515	1035	1116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				1:22PM 2.90								2:24PM 2.55					4:40AM 2.08			3:14PM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)	5:08AM 1.01								4:26AM 1.17					9:34PM -0.34				9:29AM 1.23				8:37PM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	19	16	15	12	22	23	18	18	18	20	16	14	14	14	13	13	15	27	13	22	22
Chill °C (?)	14	19	16	15	11	22	23	18	18	18	20	16	14	14	14	13	13	15	27	13	22	22
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	13	13	18	18	18	17	16	12	12	11	11	16	15	14	14	12	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 08																			Sunday 09
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1259	1241	2468	2245	2079	1961	1799	2295	2230	2059	1235	1321	1194	1194	1093	989	942	833	1065	726	507	506
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		5:08AM 1.01		7:25AM 1.08													8:38PM -0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	9	9	10	22	22	18	18	18	19	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	23	12	19	19
Chill °C (?)	14	15	7	7	8	22	22	18	18	18	19	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	23	11	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	18	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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