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

	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tue
	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	2	3	3	1	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.2 WNW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	16	11	18	6	15	8	9	8	9	10	10	12	9	8	9	9	15	14	13	14	12	17
Energy	133	496	582	80	1138	1317	431	1133	2019	906	899	686	410	622	1079	1132	1589	1695	1327	1111	683	739
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:35AM 2.95		9:14PM 2.04	9:27AM 1.63	7:59PM 2.15		8:38AM 1.67		12:19AM 2.41	1:40PM 1.89		12:33AM 2.29			12:03AM 1.71		2:44PM 1.64	12:34AM 1.67		3:56PM 1.20	12:46AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		2:54PM 0.75	3:54AM 0.51			2:27AM 0.29	2:00PM 0.74	5:26PM 1.18		7:09AM -0.21	7:16PM 0.66		9:12AM 0.78	4:06PM 1.09		7:33AM 0.31	7:27PM 1.00		8:31AM -0.12			7:23AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-
High °C	20	11	9	18	11	11	15	13	12	15	18	15	17	14	13	13	24	12	12	15	10	13
Low °C	15	11	7	16	10	10	11	13	11	13	17	13	16	14	12	12	17	11	11	15	10	12
Chill °C (?)	20	9	6	18	9	8	15	11	10	15	18	14	16	12	13	12	24	12	12	14	7	12
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NNW	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	16	11	8	6	15	9	9	13	10	10	10	12	9	11	9	9	15	14	13	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.6 NW	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	20	11	12	10	15	14	14	14	12	12	14	13	20	18	16	9	18	15	9	9	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.2 NW	-	-	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	-	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	6	8	-	-	8	8	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-

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	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	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	0.6 W	2.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.2 NW	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	8	12	12	12	13	15	15	8	18	16	16	16	14	6	8	14	14	14	8	9	9	9
Energy	855	640	561	274	256	219	203	713	757	674	1077	873	602	82	1201	1144	1219	1423	1207	602	1272	839
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)	11:06PM 3.19			8:38AM 1.67			7:29PM 1.99	10:30PM 2.57	11:21PM 2.35				1:34PM 2.25			10:58PM 2.62	11:28PM 2.19				11:36AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		3:14AM 0.66			1:22PM 0.63						6:22AM 0.02			2:48PM 0.79					6:07AM 0.01			4:10PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	13	15	17	23	19	9	7	7	8	11	15	20	11	9	10	10	9	13	15	19
Chill °C (?)	9	10	12	14	16	23	19	9	5	6	8	9	15	20	11	8	10	10	9	12	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	1.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	0.3 WNW	1.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NNW	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	13	15	13	8	11	7	16	16	14	11	15	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	15	13	15	11	18	16	10	7	13	15	10	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	2.1 NW	-	-	2.0 NW	-	-	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	9	9	5	6	6	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	8	-	-	9	9

	Tuesday 28
	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	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period(s)	8	12	12	13	14	14	14	9	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	8	12	7	12	12	12
Energy	866	361	336	303	205	185	185	364	508	490	530	427	172	38	307	410	554	322	490	237	209	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:06PM 3.19											10:56AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)				2:43AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	11	12	15	14	14	8	10	10	10	11	12	18	13	12	11	13	10	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	10	14	13	13	7	9	8	8	9	11	18	12	10	8	12	7	9	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	8:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 W	0.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	12	12	13	14	14	14	9	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	14	14	14	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	9	13	13	9	13	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NNW	1.1 NW	1.7 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	8	8	6	7	6	6	7

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