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

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Ocean Beach CAL - Marin County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.3 NW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 S	2.4 NW	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 NW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	13	12	12	11	10	9	11	13	13	10	10	12	11	18	11	10	9	10	8	22
Energy(?)	630	827	1577	1525	679	1173	609	938	1697	2388	2676	1728	887	1704	892	525	1763	1100	548	649	776	683
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:03PM 1.92	1:42AM 1.80		3:58PM 1.74	3:19AM 2.29		5:05PM 1.59	3:09AM 1.86		6:24PM 1.01	3:41AM 1.66			8:10PM 0.84	4:42AM 1.46		8:37PM 1.51	5:09AM 1.42		8:25PM 1.53	6:15AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)			7:28PM 0.68	8:30AM 0.20		9:02PM 0.94	10:29AM 0.33		8:48PM 1.01	11:11AM 0.37		9:12PM 1.05	11:39AM 0.24		12:31AM 0.66	12:44PM 0.18	1:40PM 0.10	1:09AM 1.26	1:00PM 0.09	1:12PM -0.02	12:35AM 1.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	11	10	16	17	9	16	13	7	9	8	14	22	18	9	22	15	8	21	22	15	18
Low °C	17	9	9	15	12	6	16	12	6	8	8	13	19	17	7	19	13	6	19	17	15	18
Chill °C (?)	17	10	9	16	17	6	16	11	5	6	5	13	22	18	7	22	13	6	21	22	14	18
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.3 NW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 S	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	0.6 S	2.0 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	9	10	13	12	12	11	10	12	11	13	13	10	10	12	11	9	18	10	9	16	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	-	0.1 S	0.2 W	1.3 NW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	15	16	13	12	12	12	16	-	12	20	12	20	19	20	18	14	10	16	14	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-	2.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NW	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	10	-	-

	Saturday 07						Sunday 08								Monday 09
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	11	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	675	747	1044	716	1205	1656	1746	1614	1605	1332	1536	1325	1563	1099	2184	1047	2014	1214	1763	660	1220	2396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-flow	high	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				1:54PM 1.23				2:46AM 2.38				2:57PM 1.32				1:51AM 1.57				3:59PM 0.80	4:09PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		8:51AM 0.25				8:31PM 0.74				9:26AM 0.25				7:51PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	21	14	9	8	9	9	10	10	15	17	12	12	11	11	11	7	17	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	11	21	13	9	8	9	9	8	10	15	16	11	11	10	10	10	4	17	14	10	11
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 NW	0.3 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.2 S	1.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.4 NW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	9	13	11	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	15	9	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	1.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	1.2 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	16	13	13	13	13	14	16	12	16	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	9	9	9	9	-	10	-	-	10

	Saturday 07																			Sunday 08
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	13	10	10	9	10
Energy(?)	731	745	403	729	688	747	747	762	502	671	663	595	366	411	324	488	368	1528	238	236	413	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											2:01PM 1.23										12:39AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)				7:39AM 0.19	8:51AM 0.25											7:15PM 0.67	8:13PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	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	9	9	11	14	10	11	11	12	17	12	19	22	20	20	16	18	15	9	16	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	14	10	11	11	11	16	10	19	22	20	20	16	18	15	9	16	16	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	9	9	10	10	10	13	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 W	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	10	13	13	13	13	15	13	15	13	13	10	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
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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