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 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			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	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Spanish Bay-Cobblestones CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Celestino Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	0.8 S	1.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	10	10	12	12	13	10	11	13	13	18	12	17	16	9	8	8	21	20	18	18
Energy(?)	1236	619	1325	1270	1757	2279	2215	1635	841	3666	1869	633	1369	657	531	483	535	484	750	1266	1381	1726
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:00PM 1.10	2:51AM 1.57		5:24PM 1.05	3:34AM 1.52		7:15PM 1.07	4:17AM 1.37			8:50PM 1.42	5:19AM 1.77		10:24PM 1.63	6:09AM 1.42		10:33PM 1.59	8:47AM 1.97		9:30PM 1.09	10:10AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)		8:51PM 0.84	9:59AM 0.67		9:37PM 0.99	11:27AM 0.26			12:34PM 0.62		10:54PM 1.41	1:30PM 0.54		2:23AM 1.31	2:00PM 0.09	3:34PM 0.28	3:02AM 1.24		2:49PM 0.40	2:16AM 0.67		4:00PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	13	16	15	8	8	8	13	19	20	18	21	25	17	22	23	20	18	26	24	27	26
Low °C	14	12	14	15	7	5	8	12	13	19	16	15	22	12	16	23	19	14	25	23	25	26
Chill °C (?)	18	12	16	15	6	6	6	11	19	20	18	21	25	16	22	23	20	18	26	24	27	26
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	7:12	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 S	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 S	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	12	12	13	10	11	13	13	10	18	10	9	16	8	8	21	20	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	1.1 NW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.3 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	15	12	-	12	20	12	20	20	18	18	15	17	16	14	15	15	13	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.4 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	12	7	-	9	-	-	-	4	4	4

	Sunday 08				Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wed
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Spanish Bay-Cobblestones CAL - Monterey	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	12	12	13	10	10	13	13
Energy(?)	618	1236	680	1136	1114	1161	1083	1153	738	1270	1244	1328	1496	2498	2398	2160	2404	2309	3152	1048	1771	4675
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		3:53PM 1.11				2:51AM 1.57					5:09PM 1.31			4:58AM 2.19								4:46AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			7:41PM 1.15	8:51PM 0.84				10:14AM 0.23				8:04PM 1.27					11:56AM 0.36				11:22PM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	16	12	11	11	10	13	20	15	12	12	11	5	9	7	8	8	14	13	7	7
Chill °C (?)	16	13	16	11	10	10	9	13	20	15	12	11	10	5	9	7	6	6	13	12	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.2 S	2.3 WNW	0.2 S	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	12	12	15	12	10	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	12	12	13	10	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 S	0.5 S	-	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	15	12	15	15	16	12	11	11	12	16	11	-	13	14	22	21	-	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 NW	-	2.2 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	9	-	9	9	9	9	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	-	-	13

	Sunday 08												Monday 09
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Spanish Bay-Cobblestones CAL - Monterey	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	11	10	11	12	8
Energy(?)	631	758	727	745	1241	1236	854	642	415	639	673	652	677	1346	488	1197	1524	1185	1124	536	1146	1215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					3:53PM 1.11												3:42AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)									7:55PM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	22	17	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	7	14	8	7	7	17	15	7	9
Chill °C (?)	16	18	22	17	15	13	13	14	15	14	15	16	14	5	14	5	3	4	17	15	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	12	12	12	10	11	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 WNW	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	0.6 W
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	-	-	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	10	-	-	8

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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