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

	Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat
	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	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Westport-The Corner Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Port Orford Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.7 NW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	12	9	17	16	15	14	13	14	13	15	12	15	13	13	12	12	12	11	18	7	7	19
Energy	364	696	763	833	1201	1463	1009	708	586	276	574	296	570	841	442	664	438	365	360	674	183	870
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:22PM 1.20		12:29AM 2.08	12:36PM 1.44	2:08PM 1.32	1:47AM 2.31		3:49PM 1.76	2:28AM 2.16		4:21PM 2.75	2:11AM 2.43		4:52PM 1.98	3:32AM 2.05		5:53PM 1.98	3:39AM 2.22		6:32PM 1.29	4:44AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		5:52PM 0.70		5:50AM 0.29	6:46PM 0.81		8:56AM -0.23		8:57PM 0.90	9:39AM -0.16		8:25PM 1.61	10:06AM -0.00		9:48PM 1.16	10:29AM 0.59		10:11PM 1.71	11:19AM 0.66		11:25PM 1.07	10:55AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	16	13	14	12	11	15	13	26	16	16	13	12	10	15	13	11	28	21	19	17
Low °C	13	13	13	12	13	11	11	15	12	24	15	15	10	11	10	12	11	10	25	21	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	12	16	12	13	11	10	14	12	26	15	15	12	10	7	15	12	9	28	21	19	16
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:21	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.6 WNW	1.4 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 W	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	15	14	13	14	13	15	12	6	13	13	12	12	12	11	18	17	7	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	0.3 SW	0.9 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	17	16	8	18	8	16	16	10	15	15	16	15	14	6	14	13	15	13	18	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	6	-	5	6	5	7	-	-

	Saturday 02						Sunday 03								Monday 04
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Ward Avenue CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Westport-The Corner Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s)	12	12	8	12	9	8	8	9	16	16	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14
Energy	1101	715	446	614	1009	755	838	836	1145	1085	1479	1086	1285	1057	1479	1499	1400	1145	1131	1048	1053	1000
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:35PM 1.63				1:16AM 2.37					2:18PM 2.13			1:43AM 2.29					3:00PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	6:29AM -0.20			4:14PM 1.11	6:15PM 0.73					8:26AM -0.32			7:55PM 0.98					8:13AM 0.35			7:47PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	15	11	11	12	12	16	22	15	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	9	14	11	10	12	12	16	22	15	13	11	10	9	10	11	11	11	12	11	11
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:45	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	7	8	12	9	8	8	9	8	8	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 W	0.1 SW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	17	11	11	18	16	16	16	18	8	8	8	9	15	15	15	15	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	8	-	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Saturday 02																		Sunday 03
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Ward Avenue CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Westport-The Corner Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	12
Energy	1506	1101	467	410	1078	516	516	555	599	554	605	654	717	728	747	708	706	714	737	872	929	462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										2:51PM 2.46										12:27AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		6:33AM -0.21												6:35PM 1.38	7:22PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	12	15	16	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	14	12	12	12	11	10	14	16	11	8	10	9	11	12	11	11	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.6 W	1.9 NW	0.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	12	7	12	9	12	9	9	11	9	8	18	8	11	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	13	12	7	12	13	12	12	13	11	11	13	12	20	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	7	-	-	8	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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