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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	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tue
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	3	5	5	7	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 S	2.5 WNW	2.1 S	1.4 WNW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	9	9	11	9	10	10	12	11	13	12	11	14	13	12	9	10	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	2643	2098	1840	2525	1823	603	3749	4366	2373	1724	6241	4097	3327	2041	1025	1031	264	691	955	1199	1319	1795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:43PM 2.51		3:43AM 2.15		2:14PM 2.37		4:20AM 2.22	3:06PM 2.19		4:32AM 1.86	1:41PM 1.17		4:46AM 1.85	4:36PM 1.87		5:51AM 2.10	6:32PM 1.37	3:56AM 2.06			8:32PM 1.73	7:24AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)			8:42PM -0.07	8:43AM 1.26		9:19PM 0.04	9:41AM 1.19		9:57PM 0.19	10:18AM 0.88		8:54PM 0.20	11:14AM 0.79		11:24PM 0.60	12:40PM 0.43		8:57PM 0.89	11:10AM 0.57	2:39PM 0.21	1:15AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	5	3	1	4	2	30	1	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
High °C	9	8	17	11	10	8	10	11	10	14	14	12	12	18	15	17	4	5	9	9	8	7
Low °C	8	7	14	9	10	8	10	9	8	13	14	11	12	17	15	16	4	4	5	8	6	6
Chill °C (?)	8	6	15	10	8	6	6	8	6	13	13	9	10	17	14	16	2	5	8	7	6	5
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	4:38	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	4.0 WNW	0.2 SSW	3.5 WNW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	11	7	10	13	12	11	13	12	11	14	13	12	9	10	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 WNW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	-
Period (s)	18	21	15	11	11	9	18	12	12	12	12	11	14	10	14	12	14	14	13	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	-	0.4 NE	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.5 W	-	4.0 W	-	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	9	11	-	2	10	10	10	3	-	12	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Casas Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 S	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 S	3.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	4.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1242	1680	2880	2643	2373	2098	2032	1602	1279	3994	1966	2694	3016	1217	1009	2776	3065	546	510	539	531	4366
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		2:45AM 1.66				1:30PM 2.50				3:20AM 1.70				1:25PM 2.38								2:32PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				7:52AM 1.30				8:42PM -0.07			5:52AM 0.93					8:55PM -0.09			5:15AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	2	-	-	2	1	2	3	1	1	3	-	1
Temp. °C	10	10	7	8	9	8	7	7	7	14	13	14	12	10	9	10	11	19	17	8	10	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	6	7	8	6	6	6	4	13	13	13	10	9	7	8	9	19	17	6	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	7:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 S	1.9 WNW	1.4 WSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	7	10	10	9	8	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	2.1 NW	1.6 S	0.9 WNW	2.4 NW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	18	18	21	21	16	16	16	12	8	12	11	11	10	11	10	12	12	13	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSE	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	9	-	-	10	3	10

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Casas Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1027	1233	1857	1857	2206	2206	2206	3982	2880	1977	318	294	2246	2041	2373	2203	2065	248	215	2141	2032	1876
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						3:07AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)										7:21AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	10	15	15	9	9	9	10	9	18	19	7	7	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	10	14	14	7	7	8	8	7	18	19	6	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	18	7	10	10	16	16	21	16	16	14	14	13	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	-

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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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