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 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	9	6	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	1.5 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	3.0 WNW	4.5 W	5.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	8	12	11	15	15	12	15	16	16	15	17	12	16	17	16	13	16	16
Energy(?)	1305	1010	682	1387	546	2299	1756	635	521	1057	550	458	615	539	392	1416	3882	1137	980	2806	9527	14499
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:20AM 1.34	5:42PM 2.34		8:26AM 1.96	7:06PM 2.20		8:58AM 1.83	7:42PM 1.75		9:24AM 2.28			8:49AM 1.87		8:23PM 1.34	8:45AM 1.90		9:24PM 1.75	9:36AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		11:53PM -0.08	10:30AM 1.08		1:12AM -0.00	1:26PM 1.22		2:04AM 0.10		2:03PM 0.92	2:37AM 0.59		3:11PM 1.25	2:15AM 0.49		2:39PM 0.49	2:46AM 0.17		3:28PM 0.70	3:20AM 0.69		4:05PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	5	8	21	-	22	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
High °C	12	12	10	12	15	15	15	12	14	20	15	15	18	17	26	14	11	22	21	12	10	13
Low °C	12	9	10	11	13	14	15	9	10	19	13	11	18	16	24	13	9	20	20	11	10	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	9	10	14	15	14	11	13	20	14	15	18	17	26	12	9	22	21	11	8	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	1.5 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	3.0 WNW	4.5 W	5.5 WNW
Period (s)	15	10	9	10	8	12	11	9	8	13	8	7	16	7	17	12	16	17	16	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	1.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	20	14	11	20	14	15	18	15	15	18	15	16	13	15	11	18	16	13	13	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	12	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	La Push Washington	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	2.4 WNW	2.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	269	1101	1280	1137	1158	1210	1196	1118	1235	1369	1447	1681	1725	1544	1734	1203	1109	1728	1585	1382	1262	1054
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:39PM 1.61	4:36PM 2.53					7:12AM 1.90			4:55PM 1.93					7:06AM 1.63			4:59PM 1.84	5:19PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)					12:00AM -0.12				11:34AM 1.15				12:31AM 0.45				11:43AM 0.94				12:44AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	11	12	9	8	7	8	10	15	12	11	10	10	12	12	14	14	15	13	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	18	10	10	9	7	5	6	8	14	10	10	8	9	12	12	14	14	15	13	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	2.4 WNW	1.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	21	20	20	20	19	18	20	15	15	18	18	17	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 12												Monday 13
	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	La Push Washington	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.6 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	205	2757	725	1436	1305	1305	1305	1094	1094	712	704	690	677	1114	1124	1773	1035	1275	1083	1790	879	1603
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)						4:31PM 2.53														6:07AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)													11:19PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	11	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	8	15	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	2.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	9	9	15	10	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	18	9	14	16	16	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	19	15	20	20	20	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	18	13	13	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WNW	1.6 NW	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	-	2.3 NW
Period (s)	-	9	10	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9

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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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