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 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	9	9	6	8	6	7	8	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10
Energy(?)	442	527	305	417	350	202	278	427	133	401	616	538	738	1716	718	2630	1237	568	448	980	1465	768
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:53PM 1.72	10:49AM 2.23		11:59PM 1.99	10:33AM 2.24		11:43PM 1.66	10:30AM 1.44		10:03PM 1.54	11:04AM 1.32		10:06PM 1.51	10:00AM 1.41		9:44PM 1.95	11:27AM 1.14		12:23AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	5:13PM -0.22	1:16AM 0.70	4:48AM 0.66	5:27PM -0.18		4:34AM 0.87	5:06PM 0.39		4:39AM 0.29	6:35PM 0.08		5:08AM 0.20	5:02PM -0.61			5:08PM 0.81		5:32AM 0.18	3:53PM 0.62		7:39AM 0.23	3:55PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	14	15	13	18	17	14	21	17	10	22	18	13	17	18	16	20	19	18	20	20
Low °C	14	11	14	14	11	16	15	11	20	14	9	18	12	13	14	14	16	17	14	17	19	16
Chill °C (?)	15	11	14	13	11	18	16	13	21	16	8	22	18	11	17	18	15	20	19	18	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 W	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	10	9	13	13	8	12	7	8	12	16	11	16	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	10	13	18	16	9	16	17	18	14	11	16	14	15	15	15	13	13	16	13	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SE	-	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	4	3	-	9	6	-	6	7	5	7	8	9	10	-	-	10	-	-	7	-	10	10

	Sunday 01				Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wed
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 W	0.6 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	13	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	9	8	8	16	7	7	8	15	7	7	16
Energy(?)	400	277	539	509	566	513	520	520	299	279	513	761	684	237	369	567	348	204	289	565	525	234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)	10:22AM 2.64				11:27PM 1.89			9:59AM 1.85								9:18AM 2.10					10:33PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		1:34PM 0.10	4:48PM -0.25			3:46AM 1.00								2:33AM 0.16				3:26PM -0.25				2:59AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	31	15	13	13	13	12	14	14	15	18	14	14	14	24	16	25	18	23	14	13	23
Chill °C (?)	14	31	15	12	12	12	11	14	14	15	18	13	13	13	24	16	25	18	23	13	12	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.4 SSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	0.6 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	13	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	13	9	8	8	16	7	15	8	15	7	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.9 SW	1.0 NW	0.9 NNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	10	13	13	12	18	12	12	12	11	16	17	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	0.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	8	-	-	7	7	-	3	7	7	3

	Sunday 01													Monday 02
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	0.7 SSW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	10	12
Energy(?)	457	249	577	531	471	282	282	335	219	125	117	200	195	179	265	310	227	151	166	275	314	180
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:22AM 2.64										8:45PM 1.37	9:36PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)						3:54PM 0.19									1:56AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	30	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	21	12	12	18	24	12	23	17	24	11	11	25
Chill °C (?)	12	30	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	21	10	11	18	24	10	23	17	24	10	10	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	0.7 SSW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	6	12	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	9	8	8	5	18	13	5	13	18	13	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	-
Period (s)	-	8	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	4	5	3	5	5	-	-	4	4	-

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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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