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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	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	6	8	7	7	5	6	5	6	8	9	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 W	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	13	13	18	16	16	15	16	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	11
Energy(?)	4929	1924	2216	2919	7633	6720	4219	6801	3882	4370	5135	5539	6068	1541	4908	1604	2269	1315	959	2363	793	333
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:45AM 2.05		2:04AM 1.68	12:08PM 1.77		3:10AM 1.96	1:55PM 2.43		4:03AM 1.78		2:15PM 2.75	4:25AM 1.49		2:30PM 1.98		5:28AM 1.45	3:55PM 2.26			3:23PM 1.58		7:39AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		5:53PM 0.35		6:04AM 0.80	6:15PM -0.00	8:26PM -0.04	8:03AM 1.09		9:31PM -0.02	9:03AM 1.00		9:21PM -0.00	9:13AM 1.29		10:08PM 0.06	9:32AM 1.20		11:03PM 0.11			12:01AM 0.15	12:00PM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	2	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	15	15	14	13	12	18	17	20	12	18	15	22	16	23
Low °C	13	14	12	12	14	14	13	12	15	15	14	12	12	18	14	15	11	17	12	22	14	18
Chill °C (?)	15	12	13	14	15	14	15	12	14	14	13	13	12	18	17	20	12	18	15	22	16	23
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.4 SW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	16	14	13	13	18	16	16	15	16	14	14	14	18	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	16	21	14	14	14	7	20	19	18	18	-	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WNW	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	12	-	-

	Wednesday 22						Thursday 23								Friday 24
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	5	5	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	14	14	15	13	12	12	13	19	16	18	16	16	16	16	15	16	14	16	15	15
Energy(?)	5071	4146	3039	3004	1078	2062	2054	2182	3314	5360	4966	7633	7609	6877	6720	6393	7257	6834	4287	4743	7084	6692
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:45AM 2.05	12:37PM 2.13					2:27AM 2.02			1:39PM 2.73					2:46AM 1.62			1:53PM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)					5:45PM -0.01				7:59AM 0.81					8:02PM -0.06								8:39PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	-	1	4
Temp. °C	14	16	15	15	15	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	11	17	11	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	15	15	15	12	11	11	11	14	13	14	12	14	13	13	11	17	11	14	15	14
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	1.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	18	16	14	14	15	13	12	12	13	13	16	18	16	16	16	16	15	16	14	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.0 W	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.1 S	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	13	16	16	16	5	16	21	20	19	-	14	14	14	14	14	7	20	-	20	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Wednesday 22																		Thursday 23
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	5	5	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 W	2.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	11	14	13	13
Energy(?)	4539	4344	5397	5382	1700	2872	2603	2425	2184	2089	1033	2541	1839	2249	2073	1956	1647	1508	970	1137	1473	1568
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									1:10PM 2.37													2:04AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)															7:27PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	12	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	12	15	12	12	12	11	11	12	14	13	13	13	11	10	11	11	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 W	2.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	11	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	-	16	15	16	16	16	23	16	22	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

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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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