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

	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			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	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Turtles Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	2	2	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 NW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.6 W	2.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.3 NW	1.0 SSW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.4 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s)	13	14	12	12	6	6	8	11	14	12	18	9	17	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	8	8
Energy	613	299	731	638	386	279	219	622	349	1144	717	1381	837	1032	963	914	2341	718	878	689	648	599
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			2:52AM 1.79		5:46PM 1.58	4:50AM 2.86		7:21PM 1.69		5:15AM 1.72	7:34PM 1.65					6:03AM 1.11	7:26PM 1.34		7:21AM 1.04	7:20PM 1.94		8:17AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)	10:21AM -0.08	3:52PM 1.15	9:08PM 1.07	10:24AM 0.00		11:07PM 1.87	10:23AM 0.05		12:09AM 1.16	12:33PM 0.19		12:52AM 1.60	11:40AM 0.11		1:00AM 0.61	12:40PM 0.16		12:11AM 0.84	1:13PM 0.26		12:18AM 0.45	1:51PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	18	12	14	21	17	21	21	12	12	28	14	18	13	15	20	18	14	19	20	13	16
Low °C	11	17	8	12	19	16	18	21	11	12	28	12	17	13	12	17	18	13	17	18	13	14
Chill °C (?)	11	18	11	14	21	16	21	21	10	11	28	13	18	11	14	20	18	14	19	20	13	16
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	7:54	-	-	7:53	-	-	8:01	-	-	6:50	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 W	2.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 W	0.6 SW	1.4 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	13	14	12	12	14	14	8	13	9	12	18	18	9	10	15	8	11	11	11	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	7	7	18	13	11	17	14	17	13	14	17	11	18	12	16	16	15	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.9 WNW	1.2 NW	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	2.3 NW	-	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	-	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	6	6	-	11	-	-	12	9	-	8	8	-	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 06						Thursday 07								Friday 08
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.7 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	3.0 NW
Period(s)	14	13	13	12	12	8	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	7	7	7	13	11	8	21	8
Energy	778	533	565	597	756	2078	580	795	795	649	603	540	353	561	1085	813	675	440	612	320	578	1709
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:41PM 1.43			1:11AM 1.38	3:39AM 2.06					6:19PM 1.09			2:07AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)						10:14PM 1.82				10:48AM 0.05				10:54PM 1.18				8:21AM 0.66				10:02PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	17	11	11	12	10	14	8	8	13	15	14	16	8	14	14	16	17	22	23	24	16
Chill °C (?)	10	16	9	9	11	10	13	6	7	12	14	14	16	8	14	13	16	16	22	23	24	15
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	8	6	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	7	7	7	13	13	18	21	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	0.5 SW	1.0 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	7	7	8	11	13	7	8	8	14	7	14	8	12	12	11	18	17	13	14	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	1.2 NNW	-	0.9 WNW	-	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.6 W	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	7	-	5	-	7	7	7	6	11	8	6	8

	Wednesday 06																		Thursday 07
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	0.7 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW
Period(s)	14	13	14	14	13	12	15	13	13	13	12	13	14	12	14	14	14	12	13	14	14	13
Energy	548	525	422	422	696	891	404	822	813	787	669	698	372	906	369	395	332	297	356	124	194	574
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												4:52PM 1.98	5:22PM 1.08					10:59PM 1.88		12:36AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08AM 0.51				10:26AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	16	11	11	11	10	18	13	13	13	14	13	19	12	14	14	14	16	12	16	23	14
Chill °C (?)	10	15	11	11	11	9	18	12	12	12	13	12	19	11	13	12	13	15	12	16	23	13
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 W	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	11	13	11	11	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	14	12	14	14	6	12	13	14	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.3 W	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	8	8	15	8	8	8	8	7	11	8	11	11	14	14	14	11	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	-	4	-	6	6	-	5	5	5	6	6

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