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

	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wed
	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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 SW	1.5 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW
Period(s)	13	12	9	12	10	9	10	10	8	10	16	7	15	15	15	15	17	7	9	10	11	10
Energy	1194	1505	1100	723	1053	1157	870	809	848	527	458	567	445	551	665	660	464	1328	2087	1400	1331	1056
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:11PM 1.40	3:04AM 2.67		5:18PM 1.34	4:09AM 2.45		6:00PM 1.95			6:18PM 1.84		5:09AM 1.58	7:41PM 1.63		8:34AM 1.14	7:37PM 2.02		8:44AM 1.13		8:13PM 1.56	9:52AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	10:14AM -0.41		9:17PM 1.50	8:58AM 0.17		10:32PM 1.49	10:51AM 0.30		11:55PM 1.41	11:44AM 0.46		1:23AM 0.80	11:40AM 0.56		1:24AM 0.86			2:12AM 0.23		3:14PM 0.28	3:01AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	20	11	17	17	12	14	14	11	14	18	10	15	11	13	11	19	13	14	14	11	16
Low °C	12	16	10	16	17	11	12	14	10	11	17	9	13	11	11	10	17	11	12	13	10	16
Chill °C (?)	13	20	9	17	17	12	13	14	11	13	18	8	14	10	12	10	19	11	13	13	11	16
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:28	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	2.2 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.7 SW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	13	16	9	12	10	9	10	10	8	10	10	7	10	15	15	9	17	7	9	16	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 S	1.1 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	21	14	11	15	15	15	18	15	17	16	16	9	15	8	9	13	9	16	16	9	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	9	10	-	-

	Wednesday 20						Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	12	11	12	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy	3156	1194	863	1505	1144	1066	1100	1166	1266	723	1835	1053	1075	1411	1157	1607	1114	870	820	809	1525	1158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:11PM 1.40									5:18PM 1.34			4:22AM 2.03					6:20PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)		10:14AM -0.41			7:51PM 1.32					8:58AM 0.17				10:26PM 0.86				10:51AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	12	20	17	15	11	15	14	17	14	17	14	11	12	10	15	14	14	14	12	10
Chill °C (?)	12	13	11	20	16	14	11	15	14	17	14	17	14	11	12	10	15	13	14	14	12	9
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	13	13	12	16	12	12	9	12	11	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	21	21	14	14	15	15	11	19	19	15	19	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	18	15	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NW	-	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 20																		Thursday 21
	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	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9
Energy	3109	3185	3156	3099	1446	1194	1148	996	863	850	1534	1505	884	1882	1144	1085	1067	1066	1051	1202	1100	1056
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)												4:11PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)						10:14AM -0.41									7:51PM 1.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	13	15	22	14	14	13	12	12	18	20	24	12	17	16	16	15	15	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	10	12	14	22	13	14	12	11	11	18	20	24	10	16	15	15	14	14	10	11	11
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	16	21	21	21	16	21	21	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	0.6 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	4	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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