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 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			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	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	11	10	10	11	11	11	9	10	11	12	12	10	10	12	12	10	13
Energy(?)	2646	6241	6687	6158	4973	1391	578	3180	3804	1104	1326	203	1110	1524	2176	3641	818	2314	1642	1985	914	1879
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	off	glass	cross	glass	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:01PM 2.43		12:19AM 1.98	12:43PM 2.68		12:45AM 2.45	12:49PM 2.03		11:54PM 1.88		1:37PM 1.89	2:04AM 2.16			12:25AM 1.96		2:53PM 1.20	3:38AM 2.44		4:38PM 1.48	3:55AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)		6:35PM -0.11		6:51AM 0.66			6:55AM 0.47	5:16PM 0.07		7:42AM 0.34		7:44PM 0.24	7:43AM 0.24	6:31PM 0.84		7:26AM 0.65		9:14PM 0.71	10:38AM 0.16		9:24PM 1.37	10:18AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	snow shwrs	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	4	5	8	-	-	18	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	7	6	2	3	4	1
High °C	4	6	5	6	12	5	6	10	9	11	11	4	9	8	7	11	14	9	8	12	15	15
Low °C	3	6	2	4	10	3	4	8	8	10	10	4	7	7	5	9	12	8	7	11	13	14
Chill °C (?)	0	4	3	6	10	1	2	6	5	10	8	1	6	5	3	8	12	5	5	10	14	15
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	11	10	15	15	11	11	6	10	11	12	12	10	13	12	12	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 W	0.8 NW	-	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	1.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 W	1.8 SW	-	0.7 NW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	-	-	13	15	18	11	-	11	14	14	9	12	12	14	13	11	21	10	-	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	2.3 S	3.0 SW	-	2.3 SW	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	3	-	3	4	3	9	10	-	9	6	-

	Tuesday 17						Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	5	4	5	6	5	7	8	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	9	9	10	10	11
Energy(?)	4295	4318	3183	3008	5789	4780	6687	10461	11608	6158	5451	4066	4320	4072	3688	3166	4049	1072	827	2726	1500	6707
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			11:06AM 2.21				12:42AM 1.88				12:05PM 2.13				10:48PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	6:27AM 0.70								4:21AM 0.91				5:45PM -0.04				5:58AM 0.46	7:15AM 0.48			6:52PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	1	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	5	6	4	4	5	3	7	6	4	6	7	7	8	9	10	4	4	7	6	4	7
Chill °C (?)	-1	2	4	2	3	4	0	3	3	4	6	5	6	8	8	10	0	3	5	2	1	4
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	9	9	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 W	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	0.6 W	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	12	7	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	12	12	16	12	16	12	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	3.0 WNW	-	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	10	-	11

	Tuesday 17																			Wednesday 18
	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	5	4	5	6	5	7	8	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	12	13	12	11	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	4032	4239	2602	2524	4111	4152	5461	1376	1164	6306	6400	6241	6222	6331	2364	2947	8240	5834	5580	3745	5070	4199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																					12:18AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		5:59AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	6	3	3	7	7	10	11	7	6	6	7	11	13	13	7	4	5	4	2	8
Chill °C (?)	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	6	8	5	4	4	3	8	10	10	3	4	2	1	-1	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	13	12	11	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 NW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	2.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	-	-	1.1 NW	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	11	7	12	15	15	16	16	15	15	-	14	15	16	16	13	-	-	13	-	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	4.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	10	9	9	13	-	-	-	-	12

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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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