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

	Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sun
	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Main Street CAL - Santa Barbara	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	9	9	7	8	5	5	7	5	5	6	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.5 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.4 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	8	12	11	15	14	14	13	12	13	14	13	12	13
Energy(?)	5901	5260	4916	3595	2580	2948	1885	1355	647	526	3771	4809	9645	8248	4485	3817	4322	5451	4351	2015	4225	2100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:53PM 2.14	9:34AM 2.26		10:51PM 2.21	10:33AM 2.86		11:47PM 2.26	10:44AM 2.53		12:50AM 2.13	9:48AM 1.98		1:16AM 1.78	12:34PM 3.01		2:35AM 2.17			3:16AM 1.68	12:11PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		3:48PM 0.33	3:39AM 0.47		4:34PM -0.02		4:22AM 0.59	5:19PM -0.31		4:38AM 0.62	6:34PM -0.46			6:32PM -0.60		6:35AM 0.97		7:44PM -0.61	7:25AM 1.08	5:51PM 0.07	8:15PM -0.51	6:05AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	12	4	-	-	-	2	6	5	-	3	10	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	10	15	11	16	17	15	18	15	12	14	14	13	14	11	12	18	11	12	22
Low °C	11	10	11	9	13	9	16	17	15	17	14	12	14	12	13	13	10	12	14	10	11	20
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	9	13	8	16	17	15	17	13	9	13	12	12	13	10	11	18	8	11	22
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	5:04	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WSW	3.0 W	1.6 W	4.5 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	8	12	15	15	14	14	11	12	13	14	9	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.4 W	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	2.4 WNW	2.0 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	15	15	13	13	13	12	16	-	16	-	16	13	10	16	14	13	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.3 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	5	10	11	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	6	-	-

	Sunday 02						Monday 03								Tuesday 04
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey
Rating	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	12	13
Energy(?)	6285	5326	5047	5217	5274	5203	5133	4458	3895	4258	3370	3029	1215	3612	3412	2129	1863	1403	1193	1472	1238	1073
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:25AM 2.48				9:53PM 2.14				9:34AM 2.26	10:06AM 2.50				10:28PM 1.82				10:33AM 2.86			9:53PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)				3:22PM 0.28				3:39AM 0.47									4:22AM 0.59			2:14PM 0.09	4:57PM -0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
Temp. °C	11	12	13	12	10	9	9	9	9	15	10	9	15	14	13	11	9	12	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	11	8	7	8	8	8	14	9	7	15	14	13	9	7	11	14	16	15	15
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	18	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	14	15	14	11	9	9	9	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	2.2 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	7	3

	Sunday 02																			Monday 03
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey
Rating	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	7128	6151	5757	5473	5357	5326	5346	5047	5047	4809	5771	5850	2168	5087	5025	5274	5274	5203	5203	3112	4916	2729
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)						9:25AM 2.48												9:53PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)																						1:36AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	20	12	12	9	9	9	9	16	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	9	11	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	20	11	12	7	7	7	7	16	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	18	18	17	18	18	18	15	15	16	15	15	16	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
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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