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

	Thu		Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Port Orford Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Westport-The Corner Washington	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Turtles Washington	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	13	10	14	9	6	13	16	16	15	13	14	12	8	9	11	20	17	19	15	14	13	13
Energy	497	856	552	790	490	341	474	318	379	827	278	636	349	405	328	624	708	433	1261	921	806	1143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	7:07PM 1.70		6:04AM 1.98	7:51PM 1.33		7:17AM 1.83	7:48PM 1.81	9:31PM 2.04	5:54AM 1.69	6:56PM 1.84	8:20PM 1.91	10:16AM 1.91		10:49PM 2.27	11:16AM 1.90		12:21AM 2.89	8:13AM 1.74		10:58PM 2.62	12:06PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)		12:40AM 1.12	1:18PM 0.01		12:59AM 0.82			3:23AM 0.72	12:24PM 0.52		2:28AM 0.83		4:21PM 0.25		5:12AM 0.24	2:25PM 0.68		1:46PM 0.70	4:51PM 1.06		5:43AM 0.46	5:26PM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	9	17	17	13	17	13	12	12	12	13	12	9	9	14	11	10	16	16	15	16	14
Low °C	14	6	16	17	11	16	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	7	12	10	9	15	16	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	8	16	16	11	16	12	10	10	10	12	11	8	7	14	9	8	16	15	13	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	8:01	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 NW	0.3 SSW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	10	14	11	12	13	8	16	15	13	14	9	13	9	8	11	17	7	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.0 WNW	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 NW	0.6 W	1.1 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	12	13	16	13	12	16	13	12	8	5	12	15	11	11	20	7	11	16	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	-	1.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NNW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	6	-	7	9	6	8	-	10	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	5	5	6	7

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Port Orford Oregon South	La Push Washington	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s)	11	10	10	7	10	10	13	9	14	14	9	9	9	9	14	12	12	12	16	16	16	15
Energy	1396	767	1027	1104	1026	1018	1008	672	552	622	610	722	673	602	572	539	274	352	472	566	644	617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:06PM 1.74								7:11PM 1.73	8:40PM 1.92			7:46AM 1.99					8:47PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55AM -0.16				11:27PM 0.94									2:07AM 0.93								2:40AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	9	10	8	9	15	14	17	17	11	10	9	9	10	14	13	17	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	7	10	6	9	15	14	16	16	9	8	8	8	10	13	13	16	11	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	8:06	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	13	10	10	7	10	10	13	9	14	14	12	15	9	9	9	13	12	12	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	17	12	12	12	12	12	15	11	13	13	14	11	14	14	14	15	16	12	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NNW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.5 NW	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	7	10	7	7	-	7	9	9	9	-	-	-	12	-	8	-	-	-	-

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Port Orford Oregon South	La Push Washington	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 NNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.9 NNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s)	10	10	11	13	13	10	14	10	14	14	13	10	10	10	10	13	11	13	8	8	8	9
Energy	1412	895	1412	926	494	1370	1263	1126	671	668	850	957	897	882	856	802	257	465	682	608	576	632
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																			5:35AM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55AM -0.16	12:24PM -0.07								8:41PM 1.38				12:37AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	11	13	14	10	18	10	17	17	13	8	8	7	7	13	8	16	8	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	10	8	10	12	12	7	18	9	16	16	11	8	7	6	6	11	8	15	7	7	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 S	2.0 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	10	10	11	13	13	13	16	10	14	14	13	10	10	10	10	13	11	13	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 S	0.3 WSW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	16	16	16	11	12	11	11	16	12	12	12	12	15	16	10	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 NNW	1.6 WNW	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	6	6	10	14	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-

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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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