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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	Tue		Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Celestino Sinaloa	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	2.4 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.4 SW	2.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	16	8	10	10	10	9	10	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	586	728	650	664	649	1161	1056	1040	825	707	226	568	1647	661	1019	880	532	1226	669	814	851	1624
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:45PM 2.02		9:04AM 1.65	7:47PM 2.04		8:12AM 1.40	6:46PM 1.58		9:54AM 1.42			11:13AM 1.61		11:05PM 1.70	11:38AM 1.69		10:19PM 1.86	12:16PM 1.69		12:24AM 1.94	11:38AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		3:11AM 0.42	1:55PM 1.15		1:55AM -0.09	1:43PM 0.52		1:36AM 0.23		4:16PM 0.56	1:51AM 0.23		5:57PM 0.50		5:21AM 0.18	5:44PM 0.38	4:26AM 0.58	5:50AM 0.30	7:14PM 0.26		5:28AM 0.78	7:29PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	28	21	16	17	20	19	15	18	19	28	23	30	16	15	18	28	13	19	13	15	19
Low °C	24	25	18	16	15	17	19	14	16	19	26	22	29	15	15	17	27	13	17	12	14	18
Chill °C (?)	26	28	21	15	17	20	19	15	18	19	28	23	30	16	15	18	28	12	19	12	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	6:54	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	2.4 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.4 SW	2.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	16	15	16	10	8	10	10	10	9	10	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 WNW	0.8 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 S
Period (s)	12	7	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	4	10	10	13	13	14	8	13	13	16	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	-	1.2 WNW	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	1.8 NW
Period (s)	11	-	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	10

	Tuesday 16				Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	2	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	2.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.0 NW	4.0 NNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	18	11	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	14	8	9	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	622	511	574	516	577	572	856	760	510	683	608	1112	1955	1911	3229	1281	344	1046	3036	1163	1006	1193
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:45PM 2.02				7:30AM 1.30				6:04PM 1.50	8:16PM 1.75				10:09AM 1.53				9:18PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)	12:49PM 1.27				1:18AM -0.07				1:50PM 0.78	2:32PM 0.83				3:34AM -0.05				3:28PM 0.69				4:44AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	21	22	22	28	29	21	21	28	16	14	14	15	18	21	20	14	14	17	15
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	21	22	22	28	29	21	21	28	16	14	13	14	18	21	20	14	14	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 WNW	0.9 NW	2.0 NW	4.0 NNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	9	11	9	9	16	16	15	15	15	8	14	8	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	16	12	9	10	11	16	8	15	12	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	2.0 WNW	3.5 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	9	-	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16												Wednesday 17
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	2	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	12	18	18	17	16	15	15	17	18	15	17	10	11	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	10
Energy(?)	649	269	622	609	600	586	935	848	516	574	1030	432	516	687	549	471	465	533	469	524	471	342
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)							5:06PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)																2:42AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	20	22	22	25	24	29	28	20	17	28	17	15	15	16	17	20	17	14	17	23	17
Chill °C (?)	23	20	22	22	25	24	29	28	20	17	28	17	15	15	15	17	20	17	14	17	23	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	12	9	9	17	16	15	15	17	11	15	17	10	11	11	16	16	10	10	10	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.6 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 NW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	18	6	18	18	12	12	7	7	9	8	11	12	18	18	17	11	9	17	17	16	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	0.5 NNW	1.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	8	-	-	6	6	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
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