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

	Sun	Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	8	7	6	6	9	9	9	8	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	4.0 NW	2.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.5 W	5.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 NW	2.3 W	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	13	12	16	13	13	14	13	16	10	18	12	14	18	17	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1722	1458	4604	1794	916	1143	1085	1323	1095	769	3043	11143	1810	2807	2394	4569	9961	10362	8544	6506	5109	4671
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:03PM 1.59	8:06AM 1.69		9:12PM 1.14	8:29AM 1.64		11:17PM 1.68	8:39AM 2.10		11:31PM 1.22	10:58AM 2.17		1:25AM 2.00	11:55AM 2.55		10:07PM 1.37	12:27PM 2.52		2:49AM 1.96		1:02PM 2.46	3:35AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	3:16AM 0.66		3:35PM 0.06	2:18AM 0.70		4:25PM -0.04			4:46PM -0.08	3:25AM 0.97	5:03AM 0.98	4:37PM 0.22		6:06AM 1.21	5:48PM -0.11	2:17AM 1.07	6:41AM 1.27	6:00PM 0.27	7:46PM -0.11	7:18AM 1.32		8:26PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	38	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	8	17	10	7	11	12	9	12	12	11	15	10	10	13	12	13	14	16	15
Low °C	10	11	12	7	16	9	5	8	12	8	10	12	9	15	9	9	11	11	12	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	9	10	9	6	17	9	6	9	10	7	11	10	10	15	7	9	13	11	13	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	6:45	-	-	6:13	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:35	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.5 W	5.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 NW	2.3 W	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	13	11	13	12	11	13	13	14	13	16	10	12	12	14	18	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 W	0.2 S	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 W	0.8 WNW	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	16	18	18	13	7	18	16	16	15	6	19	12	15	18	15	23	-	16	-	15	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	4.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Spanish Bay-Cobblestones CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	1.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	12	10	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	16	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1519	1193	1345	1006	744	2771	1709	1987	3664	4082	3246	3141	1427	1198	1214	1223	1010	1264	1085	1509	1588	1323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:40PM 1.15				8:53AM 1.90				9:53PM 1.17	10:54PM 1.62								12:04AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)				1:41AM 0.57				2:51PM 0.40				2:01AM 1.06	4:23AM 0.95			1:52PM 0.28	5:27PM -0.02				4:58AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	12	-	18	13	2	4	-	4	1	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	12	12	13	11	12	10	11	11	9	11	7	9	13	15	9	12	7	6	5	8
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	12	12	9	10	9	10	10	8	11	6	9	12	15	8	12	6	4	2	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:48	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	0.4 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 WNW	0.3 SW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	12	10	15	12	11	18	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	6	5	5	14	13	12	12	12	12	14	12	17	16	15	17	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	2.2 NW	-	3.0 WNW	-	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	-	-	-	10	-	11	-	11	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 16							Monday 17
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Spanish Bay-Cobblestones CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Gazos Creek CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	3.5 NW	1.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	13	11	14	13	13	14	13	13	10	13	13	13	10	11	13	11	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1618	970	1126	739	597	2843	1551	818	3387	707	3555	816	4238	4237	2070	353	7664	1926	3171	2813	2724	2586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)					8:56PM 1.15	9:21PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)										1:45AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	2	2	4	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	14	14	12	11	14	11	13	11	14	10	10	11	17	10	12	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	12	13	9	8	12	8	11	8	13	7	7	8	17	7	9	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 S	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.5 NW	0.6 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	11	13	11	14	5	13	14	16	13	14	13	13	13	14	11	13	16	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	15	13	14	13	13	5	13	5	13	13	5	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	3.0 WNW	-	1.0 S	3.0 WNW	1.2 S	3.5 NW	1.2 S	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	4	4	13	-	4	13	5	10	5	-	-	10	-	13	11	-	-	-	-

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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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