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 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Oswald State Park/Short Sands Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	3	4	5	6	8	9	5	5	4	7	5	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 SW	4.0 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	9	11	10	9	11	9	9	10	12	11	12	10
Energy(?)	1686	1060	1838	2643	4386	6751	5422	3718	4577	2605	1504	6411	1836	1044	1534	254	469	1307	3543	1387	4778	1954
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:26PM 2.16	10:21AM 2.65		10:38PM 1.67	11:03AM 2.65		12:19AM 1.98	11:48AM 2.16		12:25AM 1.79		2:15PM 2.59	2:09AM 2.38		2:16PM 2.14	2:41AM 2.46		2:32PM 1.71	2:39AM 2.22		3:37PM 1.53	3:03AM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)		4:27AM 1.35	5:19PM 0.29	3:38AM 1.02	5:09AM 1.22	4:35PM 0.27		5:56AM 0.62	6:21PM 0.42		7:31AM 0.50		8:03PM 0.09	8:08AM 0.41		8:36PM 0.26	9:25AM 0.23		8:18PM 0.44	9:29AM 0.14		8:37PM 1.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	48	3	3	14	3	4	3	1	-	7	14	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	8	19
High °C	13	7	4	4	5	7	4	7	12	9	6	9	9	13	13	8	12	10	8	9	9	8
Low °C	11	7	4	3	3	6	1	6	10	7	5	8	6	13	13	6	9	10	7	8	9	7
Chill °C (?)	10	2	2	0	3	4	4	6	9	8	2	7	5	11	11	5	10	6	5	6	6	4
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:26	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.3 SSW	2.4 W	2.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 WNW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	14	7	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	9	11	15	9	11	9	9	10	12	11	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	6	12	7	12	12	13	14	13	15	12	15	15	11	14	14	8	9	11	14	14	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	1.1 S	0.4 SSE	1.8 SE	-	0.7 ESE	4.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	5	3	6	-	4	12	-

	Sun		Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	9	12	14	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1378	1429	1304	1638	1165	1337	2427	1909	1137	1620	2032	1463	4426	4405	4923	5726	6102	7401	7574	7038	6511	12432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			11:26PM 2.16			8:58AM 2.16	10:25AM 2.21				12:36AM 2.34	2:30AM 2.43			12:01PM 2.43				12:42AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	4:47PM 0.31			2:56AM 1.10	4:27AM 1.35				5:20PM 0.30				6:27AM 0.70								6:11AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	3	2	1	16	-	10	1	1	1	-	-	-	2	2	1	2	-	3	3	2	1	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	11	8	11	7	8	6	7	2	1	3	5	5	6	3	5	4	3	3	5
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	10	7	9	5	5	6	5	-2	-3	0	3	3	5	1	5	4	-1	0	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	10	12	14	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	-	1.4 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	7	6	12	15	-	15	12	12	12	-	13	13	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	2.2 NW	1.9 WNW	-	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	13	13	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1435	1413	1378	2209	1401	1987	825	801	1127	1138	1003	482	1500	1417	1356	1301	1280	1407	1407	2320	2320	1367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)								11:28PM 1.78											10:43AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)	4:47PM 0.31													5:18AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	2	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	13	10	13	10	10	9	9	5	3	5	6	5	6	7	9	9	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	8	8	7	5	3	2	4	5	6	5	9	6	4	2	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	12	7	7	7	8	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.0 S	-	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
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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