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

	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Marina CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	1	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.2 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	1.3 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	11	10	12	10	12	8	10	11	7	12	13	14
Energy(?)	88	1218	2960	2963	6604	6866	5980	4338	2894	2830	3979	2824	694	859	1120	300	936	2113	518	3595	3490	3828
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:21AM 2.65		11:52PM 2.26	9:38AM 2.13		9:18PM 1.49	11:47AM 2.63		1:41AM 2.28		2:15PM 2.59	2:01AM 2.53		2:10PM 2.45	2:41AM 2.46		2:32PM 1.71	2:39AM 2.22		3:37PM 1.53	1:52AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		5:19PM 0.29			5:50PM -0.13	2:51AM 0.51	5:53AM 1.08		7:33PM -0.05	7:31AM 0.50		7:36PM 0.12	8:08AM 0.41		8:36PM 0.26	8:32AM 0.22		8:18PM 0.44	8:05AM 0.61			9:55AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	3	10	-	5	6	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	4	1
High °C	22	6	4	5	7	5	7	11	9	6	10	9	16	11	15	12	9	10	18	9	8	10
Low °C	19	4	3	4	6	2	5	10	7	6	8	6	15	9	14	9	7	6	15	8	7	10
Chill °C (?)	22	2	1	3	4	4	5	8	9	3	7	6	15	9	13	10	6	7	18	5	5	8
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:13	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:00
Sunset	-	5:44	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.2 SSW	2.5 W	0.3 SSW	1.2 NW	2.0 WNW	0.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	14	10	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	11	15	12	10	13	8	10	11	12	12	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 NNW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	7	7	7	14	13	13	15	12	12	15	11	14	14	12	8	12	11	12	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.2 NW	-	2.0 NW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 NE	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	-	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	10	6	-	12	3	4	4	7	10	-	9

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	La Push Washington	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	9	6	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	0.5 SW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.0 W	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	1313	1130	1168	1329	2313	103	1137	2180	3076	2413	1597	4628	4304	3050	6140	6405	6866	6781	9989	5688	2435	4911
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:26PM 2.16			8:58AM 2.16	10:25AM 2.21				12:48AM 2.06				11:52AM 2.62				12:42AM 1.88				10:25AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)			4:27AM 1.35			2:37PM 0.07	5:20PM 0.30				6:57AM 2.08								4:21AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	10	1	-	1	1	3	-	-	2	1	-	-	3	3	-	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	10	8	8	11	7	23	6	3	3	2	1	4	5	5	3	5	4	3	6	5	10	8
Chill °C (?)	9	6	7	11	5	23	6	0	0	-1	-2	3	5	3	0	4	2	0	4	4	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.0 W	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	14	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	1.3 W	-	1.7 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	13	6	7	15	15	-	15	12	15	-	14	13	13	13	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	0.6 W	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	3	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	La Push Washington	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cowells Cove CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	9	6	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	0.2 SSW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	8	15	9
Energy(?)	1390	1352	1313	1798	755	117	1078	814	1301	689	358	1161	1161	849	1147	2191	2147	2146	1082	1085	35	1632
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:26PM 2.16												11:21AM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)							4:29AM 1.36	5:34AM 1.00											4:05PM 0.22	5:39PM -0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	4	-	1	-
High °C	10	10	10	12	10	19	8	5	6	4	4	7	6	4	6	8	8	8	9	8	11	9
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	11	10	19	7	2	6	1	1	4	2	0	2	4	5	5	7	5	8	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 W	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	15	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	11	7	7	7	7	13	12	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	12	7	14	7	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	13	12	15	15	6	7	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 W	2.1 NW	1.4 WSW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	13	13	7	8	6	9

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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