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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	Tue		Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	18	16	16	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	201	152	173	91	405	461	519	1012	1274	866	2007	932	1320	1137	959	1119	1991	1312	598	993	526	418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:03PM 2.15	8:52AM 1.20		8:36PM 1.80	10:28AM 1.09			11:31AM 1.23		12:00AM 1.90	1:12PM 1.14		11:45PM 1.66	1:03PM 0.31	3:40PM 1.42	1:27AM 1.75		3:16PM 1.49	1:17AM 1.85		3:07PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	3:32PM 1.42	4:44AM 0.19	1:15PM 0.88	3:56PM 1.05	4:06AM -0.20		3:00PM 0.69	3:11AM 0.06		3:59PM 0.73		6:23AM -0.27	5:24PM 0.82		6:22AM -1.04			7:40AM 0.29			8:52AM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	29	22	20	15	22	16	15	22	15	16	15	16	18	23	14	19	14	14	16	16
Low °C	17	19	28	22	18	12	22	12	13	18	12	13	15	15	16	23	12	16	14	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	18	20	29	22	20	14	22	16	14	22	14	16	14	16	18	23	14	19	14	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	8:27	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	2.2 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	0.5 SW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	5	16	6	7	8	8	19	9	16	17	10	9	9	9	9	15	9	10	9	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	13	16	16	19	12	17	12	12	16	16	16	16	15	18	16	13	16	15	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	4	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	3.5 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	17	13	18	13	13	16	13	16	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	9
Energy(?)	218	201	143	141	152	135	135	173	114	91	271	582	405	268	455	461	488	519	1855	511	1012	911
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:45AM 1.63		6:45PM 1.64	9:02PM 1.72				8:52AM 1.20				9:34PM 1.80					1:10PM 1.27			10:21PM 2.22	11:01PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		2:45PM 1.29				3:33AM -0.15				2:44PM 0.78								4:10PM 1.28	5:05PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	28	14	19	20	21	29	22	22	16	20	19	13	20	15	21	22	14	18	13	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	28	14	19	20	21	29	22	22	16	20	19	13	20	14	21	22	12	18	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.5 SW	1.7 WNW	0.5 SW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	14	8	13	13	5	6	6	16	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	8	16	8	19	8	19	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	14	17	8	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	12	19	12	19	12	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	3.5 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	9

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