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

	Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tue
	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	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Exiles CAL - LA County	Latigo Point CAL - LA County	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	4	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW	2.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s)	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	9	10	9	8	10	16	8	15	8	8	17	17	8	11
Energy	1056	1180	3203	1179	1166	1070	723	1126	1844	1487	977	1187	559	482	658	402	619	1011	316	466	1119	1289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:13PM 1.40	1:37AM 2.01		4:04PM 1.39	1:46AM 2.12		5:18PM 1.34	4:22AM 2.03		6:13PM 1.40			5:56PM 1.78		5:09AM 1.58	7:55PM 1.88		6:05AM 1.55	6:43PM 2.00	8:36PM 2.54	8:44AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)		7:40PM 0.87		10:14AM -0.41			8:58AM 0.17		10:41PM 1.03	10:52AM -0.21		12:02AM 0.96	11:44AM 0.46		1:15AM 1.25	11:40AM 0.56		2:24AM 1.05	12:01PM 0.71		3:20AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	17	13	16	15	16	18	11	14	16	11	14	15	11	16	11	11	16	21	12	14
Low °C	14	17	10	11	15	13	16	17	10	12	16	10	10	15	10	12	10	10	15	20	9	10
Chill °C (?)	20	21	16	12	16	14	16	18	10	13	16	10	14	14	11	15	10	10	16	21	11	13
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:27	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:37	-	-	7:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	0.5 SW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW	2.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	15	10	9	8	10	10	8	15	8	8	17	17	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 W	0.2 S	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	16	16	21	16	13	15	15	13	18	18	10	16	16	16	10	15	13	6	10	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	-	-	1.2 N	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.8 W	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	8	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	4	-	-

	Tuesday 19						Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s)	10	9	14	13	10	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	9
Energy	1353	1056	1218	1180	1456	3315	3203	3893	3444	1179	895	1166	1214	1139	1070	1379	1492	723	1898	1126	1112	1513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				3:13PM 1.40			1:37AM 2.01					4:04PM 1.39			1:46AM 2.12						5:18PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	7:29AM -0.07				6:46PM 0.96					10:14AM -0.41			7:51PM 1.32					8:58AM 0.17				10:26PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	21	21	18	20	10	12	14	13	13	15	15	15	14	13	12	16	14	17	15	11
Chill °C (?)	18	20	21	21	18	20	8	12	13	12	13	14	14	15	14	13	12	16	14	17	15	11
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	10	9	10	13	10	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	1.1 NNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	15	14	16	14	14	16	16	21	21	14	16	15	13	13	19	9	15	19	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	10	14	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-

	Tuesday 19																		Wednesday 20
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	14	9	14	14	14	10	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	1298	1298	1353	1424	2575	1056	1203	1208	1218	894	917	1180	1541	1176	1456	1352	1343	3315	3145	3103	3203	3311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				12:44AM 2.27	1:37AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)			7:29AM -0.07											6:37PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	18	20	17	20	21	21	21	18	19	21	15	15	18	17	17	20	19	19	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	20	17	20	21	21	21	18	19	21	15	15	18	17	17	20	19	19	8	8
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	14	9	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	2.2 NW	-	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13

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Massachusetts	New-York

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
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