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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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Casas Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Celestino Sinaloa	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	10	8	10	11	10	9	11	12	13	10	12	11	12	12	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	838	552	709	464	768	576	3365	1542	1163	964	772	792	457	452	694	990	358	508	497	615	611	675
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:41PM 1.68		7:38AM 1.52	7:47PM 2.04		8:12AM 1.40	7:36PM 1.76		8:43AM 1.81		8:09PM 2.03	10:19AM 1.47		11:34PM 2.48	11:45AM 1.66		12:44AM 1.53	10:20AM 1.58		11:40PM 1.76	1:27PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	12:02PM 0.84		2:12AM 0.26	12:29PM 1.05		1:55AM -0.09	1:43PM 0.52		2:27AM -0.08		3:00PM 0.84	2:40AM 0.27		5:41PM 0.41		5:22AM 0.17	5:40PM 0.34			6:36PM 0.25		7:15AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	25	24	23	18	15	18	16	15	18	19	28	22	16	15	16	25	23	22	18	14	19
Low °C	27	24	22	20	18	14	14	15	14	16	18	26	22	15	15	15	24	22	19	18	14	17
Chill °C (?)	28	25	24	23	18	14	18	14	15	18	19	28	22	16	15	16	25	23	22	18	13	19
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 NW	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 SSW	0.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	10	8	10	15	10	9	11	12	11	10	12	11	12	12	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	10	12	10	9	12	15	15	19	14	14	14	16	13	14	13	13	12	14	14	18	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	0.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 NNW	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	5	6	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Casas Baja Norte	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	4.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	8	9	10	10	10	14	10	10	10
Energy(?)	594	599	622	871	547	530	577	564	582	598	407	532	529	1100	1190	1844	2165	1012	219	1372	1241	3104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:19AM 1.19	8:24AM 1.23			6:45PM 2.02				7:46AM 1.30	8:04AM 1.62			7:42PM 1.70	8:42PM 1.57								10:21PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)			12:49PM 1.27				1:18AM -0.07				1:29PM 1.10					3:34AM -0.05				3:43PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	24	24	28	22	22	22	22	21	26	22	26	18	15	14	13	14	15	20	17	16	14
Chill °C (?)	22	24	24	28	22	22	22	22	21	26	22	26	18	15	14	12	14	14	20	17	16	14
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	1.2 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	4.0 NNW
Period (s)	18	18	9	16	9	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	8	9	10	10	10	14	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	10	18	9	17	16	12	16	12	6	9	5	10	15	15	15	15	15	8	15	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16																		Wednesday 17
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Casas Baja Norte	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	16	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	16	17	18	11	18	18	17	16	18	16	17
Energy(?)	614	621	727	680	663	519	509	671	664	701	610	698	532	448	466	541	645	387	93	588	508	616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)															7:50PM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)								12:02PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	22	27	24	25	26	26	25	24	21	23	23	17	17	15	15	17	20	18	23	14
Chill °C (?)	22	19	22	27	24	25	26	26	25	24	21	23	23	17	17	15	15	17	20	18	23	14
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 S	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 S	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	18	10	10	16	9	18	17	17	17	16	10	16	17	8	11	11	11	17	16	11	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 NW	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NW	0.8 S	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	18	18	12	18	13	13	13	13	11	17	11	9	18	18	18	18	8	4	18	9	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6

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