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

	Tue		Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			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	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NNW	1.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	9	18	10	16	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	6	8	10	8	13	10	6	8	14	16
Energy(?)	893	706	1028	403	963	924	3150	662	717	1374	1928	481	455	1095	911	678	292	272	157	537	198	328
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:55PM 1.10	4:30AM 2.58		7:40PM 1.60		6:50AM 3.17		8:23PM 1.32	5:40AM 1.62		8:41PM 1.16	7:12AM 1.50		9:36PM 1.54	8:24AM 1.48		9:34PM 1.37	9:23AM 1.44		10:02PM 1.92	10:01AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		10:17PM 1.53	11:25AM -0.12		12:17AM 1.13			12:43AM 1.01	1:01PM -0.22	2:44PM -0.02	1:44AM 0.60		2:15PM -0.12	2:51AM 0.57		5:01PM -0.02	3:18AM 0.25		3:38PM -0.03	4:02AM 0.70		4:11PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	11	22	8	16	20	7	14	14	12	18	20	16	25	21	11	19	8	8	18	28
Low °C	12	13	10	20	7	10	19	5	11	12	10	13	20	15	20	19	10	18	8	4	17	28
Chill °C (?)	10	14	10	22	6	16	20	4	14	13	11	18	20	16	25	21	11	19	6	6	18	28
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	7:34	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:40	-	-	6:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.2 W	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 S
Period (s)	11	9	10	16	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	13	8	10	10	8	10	6	9	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.8 SW	1.3 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	18	10	9	16	16	15	15	14	16	14	13	15	11	12	13	13	12	11	15	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	1.9 WNW	2.2 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	9	-	-	6	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	-	6	8	10	8	-	-	6	8	-	3

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Port Orford Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.5 SW	0.7 SW	2.0 WNW	0.6 SW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	18	11	10	10	17	12	16	9	7	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	605	578	522	1291	1167	2290	776	1799	231	1015	646	1597	1032	3276	1025	1212	2233	785	2023	1234	1029	1029
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:32PM 0.90								7:35PM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)				10:57PM 1.04								10:21PM 0.91					12:57PM -0.11				12:14AM 1.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	21	10	10	6	11	15	22	7	18	17	11	9	10	9	23	22	18	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	17	15	21	10	10	4	9	14	22	4	18	17	10	9	10	9	23	22	18	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.5 SW	1.1 W	1.3 W	0.6 SW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.5 SW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	11	11	18	11	10	10	9	9	16	9	16	8	16	10	10	11	10	15	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	1.2 WNW	2.0 W	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	18	18	11	11	12	9	12	11	5	16	13	16	11	16	16	8	15	11	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	2.0 WNW	-	-	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	3	12	-	-	7	8	9	10	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Port Orford Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	2.3 W	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	2.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	18	7	9	9	11	18	18	10	18	18	18	18	18	10	17	17	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	586	532	541	599	930	2709	605	477	342	1393	409	442	359	354	362	1944	348	299	291	387	384	381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	on	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							5:48PM 1.10										3:15AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)									7:14PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	24	12	11	7	13	14	17	11	20	20	17	15	16	9	17	15	14	17	18	20
Chill °C (?)	17	16	24	9	8	2	12	14	17	10	20	20	17	15	16	8	17	15	14	16	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	2.5 S	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 SW	2.3 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	2.3 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	11	11	18	11	11	9	11	11	18	10	6	6	18	18	10	10	6	17	17	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	15	14	14	19	18	18	7	18	18	18	10	11	18	11	17	10	10	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	0.9 NW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	4	11	7	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	-	-	5	5	5	5	5

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