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

	Sun		Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Turtles Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	2	4	5	6	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 W	2.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	11	11	13	13	14	13	13	13	10	9	13	9	11	7	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1498	1565	840	2029	2565	4114	6916	8692	6481	4773	2565	1034	658	1208	557	892	710	1852	899	1114	2653	2489
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:26PM 1.73	10:21AM 2.65		11:52PM 2.26	9:38AM 2.13		11:57PM 1.54	11:47AM 2.63		12:45AM 2.49	12:31PM 2.49	1:25PM 2.59	2:01AM 2.66		2:06PM 2.28	2:32AM 2.73		3:00PM 2.08	2:39AM 2.22		3:37PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	4:15PM -0.13		4:27AM 1.35	5:19PM 0.29			5:50PM 0.32		5:53AM 1.08	6:21PM -0.05		6:35AM 0.94		7:44PM 0.09	8:08AM 0.41		8:17PM 0.28	8:59AM 0.25		8:18PM 0.44	9:29AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	8	3	3	3	14	2	5	6	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	22	2	1	-	-	4
High °C	10	10	7	5	4	5	7	5	6	12	9	6	11	16	7	17	8	7	8	10	16	10
Low °C	9	9	6	4	3	4	6	3	6	10	7	5	9	15	4	16	6	7	8	8	14	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	6	2	0	2	5	4	6	9	9	3	8	14	4	16	4	4	5	7	15	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	5:50	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	3.0 SSW	1.8 W	2.0 SW	1.3 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	11	11	13	13	14	13	13	13	10	15	14	9	13	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SW	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.0 W	0.6 NW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	7	13	7	7	15	12	14	13	13	15	12	16	12	13	15	-	13	12	9	10	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 S	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	0.4 SE	1.9 WNW	2.5 S	0.5 ESE	-	0.7 SSE	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	13	3	11	7	4	-	4	9	9

	Sunday 15				Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	10	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2987	1677	1378	1429	1304	1642	1178	1063	3232	742	1119	1010	2135	2312	4414	4812	3148	5168	6507	8087	8692	8464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					11:26PM 2.16			9:56AM 1.85	10:22AM 2.68				12:36AM 2.34				12:02PM 2.71				12:42AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)			4:47PM 0.31			2:56AM 1.10	4:27AM 1.35				5:20PM 0.30				5:59AM 0.85				6:35PM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	21	5	4	1	1	20	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	2	2	1	2	-	2	1	2
Temp. °C	11	9	9	10	9	11	8	11	6	7	5	6	2	2	3	3	5	6	3	4	3	5
Chill °C (?)	11	6	8	9	8	11	6	11	5	4	5	3	-2	-2	1	0	3	4	1	2	-1	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 NW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	10	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	16	15	14	15	15	4	15	-	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	6	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2991	1873	1856	1787	1622	2498	1435	2070	1442	988	1407	1429	1126	1136	1733	1708	1003	1234	1510	1434	1434	1481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															12:13AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)						3:37PM 0.22	4:47PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	3	2	2	1	-	1	4	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	10	10	13	10	8	9	10	9	10	5	5	6	6	5	5	6	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	8	8	10	9	5	8	8	9	9	5	5	3	3	5	4	3	6	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	13	7	7	7	7	13	7	13	7	7	7	7	13	13	7	7	13	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.9 S	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	3	3	3	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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