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

	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	2.2 NW	1.8 WNW	1.3 NW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	6	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	7	8	15	8	8	8	15	15	8	14	14	7
Energy(?)	447	469	584	328	550	545	418	540	572	340	631	564	536	886	603	497	674	486	704	691	402	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:49AM 1.63	7:51PM 3.24		8:10AM 1.15	7:28PM 2.01		9:28AM 1.17	5:55PM 1.58		8:12AM 1.29	7:22PM 2.21	8:16PM 2.25	8:29AM 1.34	7:26PM 1.73		8:47AM 1.40		8:03PM 1.74	9:46AM 1.78		12:01AM 1.84	12:01PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	1:02PM 1.14		2:25AM -0.04	10:51AM 1.11		12:45AM 0.21	1:35PM 0.87		3:22AM 0.12	12:55PM 0.88		3:32AM 0.07	1:32PM 0.76		2:23AM 0.07		2:05PM 0.65	2:48AM 0.11		6:10PM 0.62		5:38AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	30	20	28	27	31	28	16	22	19	18	27	18	19	19	12	17	30	21	17	29	22	18
Low °C	28	20	27	21	30	27	13	21	19	13	25	15	15	18	12	16	29	20	17	29	21	16
Chill °C (?)	30	20	28	27	31	28	16	22	18	18	27	17	19	19	9	17	30	21	17	29	22	18
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	6:49	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:46	-	-	8:02	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 NW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	13	18	17	17	16	16	10	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	8	15	15	8	14	14	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.5 W	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	18	13	13	10	13	8	16	12	10	9	11	11	11	16	16	17	9	8	16	9	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	1.6 NW	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	10	6	4	7	4	4	-	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	3	-	-

	Sunday 17						Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.4 WNW	0.7 SW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	2.0 NW	0.9 SW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	18	10	18	11	17	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	10	16	7
Energy(?)	1058	722	558	534	1330	688	1141	535	544	553	415	276	572	579	545	630	526	507	724	595	516	1010
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		8:32AM 2.47		3:02PM 1.43	6:18PM 1.99					8:10AM 1.15							7:59AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)			12:19PM 1.06				1:37AM -0.07			10:51AM 1.11					12:45AM 0.21				12:15PM 1.17	2:22PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	17	30	16	27	16	27	19	30	19	29	28	28	27	27	29	31	20	16	14	17
Chill °C (?)	16	14	17	30	16	27	16	27	19	30	19	29	28	28	27	27	29	31	20	16	14	17
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:50	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	10	13	10	18	6	17	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	18	18	13	11	12	18	12	13	12	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	12	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.9 NW	0.6 WNW	2.0 NW	0.7 WNW	0.2 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.8 NW	1.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	10	4	11	4	3	4	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	10	10	5	7

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	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	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	1.9 W	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	2.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	13	11	13	18	13	11	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	10	10	11
Energy(?)	1077	889	648	464	722	447	290	439	1234	413	375	193	525	557	557	551	605	688	526	517	698	1139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	29	18	30	20	30	21	31	19	27	30	29	28	28	28	27	18	13	12	16
Chill °C (?)	15	13	15	29	18	30	20	30	21	31	18	27	30	29	28	28	28	27	18	12	12	16
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	1.9 W	1.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	11	13	11	13	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	13	13	14	18	14	18	18	18	13	18	18	18	18	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.8 NW	1.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	-	-	2.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	10	5	4	11	4	8	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	-	-	11

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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