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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	Thu	Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 NW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.2 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.8 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	13	14	8	8	13	8	12	12	17	16	16	12	15	15	16	14	14	6	15
Energy(?)	759	605	735	397	318	522	376	231	336	246	141	328	446	364	157	397	516	333	394	287	495	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:18AM 0.99		7:18PM 3.29		8:35AM 2.48	7:30PM 2.33		9:38AM 1.43	6:57PM 2.25		11:01AM 1.47			8:19AM 1.22	6:38PM 1.75		12:05PM 1.34		10:25PM 2.10	11:54AM 1.63		12:09AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	8:34PM 0.68	6:59AM 0.80		2:18AM 0.78	1:43PM 1.55		3:38AM -0.02			3:19AM -0.23		3:05PM 1.05	3:22AM -0.34	12:37PM 0.94		2:04AM -0.00		3:26PM 1.19		5:06AM -0.03	5:06PM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	14	29	29	13	12	18	19	29	18	30	29	18	21	18	19	25	20	14	18	14
Low °C	11	11	13	27	29	13	11	17	19	27	17	30	28	17	20	17	17	24	18	12	17	11
Chill °C (?)	12	16	13	29	29	12	10	18	19	29	18	30	29	18	21	17	19	25	20	13	17	12
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.5 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 W	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.5 NW
Period (s)	9	9	10	13	14	8	14	13	13	12	7	9	16	16	6	15	15	16	14	8	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	9	9	13	10	9	18	9	12	17	10	8	12	16	15	11	14	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	1.4 WNW	0.5 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	-	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 W	0.9 NW	-	1.8 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	-	8	5	8	4	-	4	4	-	-	6	7	5	6	-	6	4

	Thu		Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 NNW	0.6 SSW	1.8 NW	0.7 SSW	1.3 NW	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 NW	0.7 SSW	2.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	9	8	8	10	14	9	16	10	9	9	16	14	14	14	8	14	8	8	7	8
Energy(?)	582	550	1960	1643	1404	746	206	558	626	700	723	775	200	318	321	290	1147	525	671	509	819	566
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:09AM 2.54				5:11PM 2.09				7:31AM 0.97			3:33PM 1.53	6:53PM 1.93					10:14AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)		8:34PM 0.68	1:10AM 0.90				12:33PM 0.55				1:52AM 0.13			8:05AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	12	12	12	13	14	17	17	11	11	11	14	29	29	29	15	17	12	16	15	13
Chill °C (?)	28	28	12	12	12	12	13	16	16	9	11	11	14	29	29	29	15	16	11	15	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	8:38	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 NNW	0.6 SSW	1.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	8	8	8	10	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	8	9	14	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	16	16	16	15	9	15	16	15	15	16	13	9	9	9	14	14	10	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	-	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	4	4	9	8	8	-	9	-	9	10	-	-	-	5	5	5	8	9	8	8	7	8

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	0.6 SSW	1.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.3 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	9	9	9	9	15	10	15	15	9	9	15	14	14	14	9	14	9	15	9	14
Energy(?)	614	614	554	594	709	808	306	718	445	463	751	748	332	517	517	517	513	323	598	540	460	224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													5:18AM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)								12:47AM 0.24						6:59AM 0.80				10:14AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	30	29	13	13	13	12	13	11	15	11	11	11	12	28	29	30	16	18	13	19	16	13
Chill °C (?)	30	29	13	13	13	12	12	11	15	10	11	11	12	28	29	30	16	18	12	19	16	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:06	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	1.9 NW	0.6 SSW	1.0 NW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	9	9	9	9	10	10	15	10	9	9	15	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	9	9	17	17	16	16	15	16	10	15	15	15	10	9	9	9	15	14	15	15	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.4 NW	-	1.1 NW	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	3	-	9	-	9

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