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

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	La Push Washington	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	7	8	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	15	15	14	13	11	11	12	12	14	13	14	13	14	13	7	13	9	8	8
Energy(?)	3213	3122	2643	2272	1478	1780	988	1526	3185	5019	6646	7706	6359	13930	3368	2226	1737	304	1169	400	366	567
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			11:47PM 1.99	10:30AM 2.56		12:13AM 2.10	11:12AM 2.61		12:17AM 1.79	10:37AM 1.83		12:18AM 2.36	11:04AM 2.20		11:36PM 1.39	12:31PM 2.49		12:45AM 1.70		1:06PM 1.32	1:31AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		5:00PM -0.02		4:38AM 1.13	5:33PM -0.10		5:18AM 1.00	6:04PM -0.13		4:30AM 0.66	5:50PM 0.32		5:10AM 1.00	6:20PM 0.42		6:35AM 0.94	6:51PM 0.56		8:26AM 0.88		7:22PM 0.23	9:12AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	6	5	14	5	-	1	2	9	3	4	9	3	1	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	12	9	13	9	11	4	5	6	6	5	8	11	9	15	15	6	15	12	7	10
Low °C	8	6	11	9	12	8	10	4	3	5	6	3	6	9	8	15	14	5	15	10	6	9
Chill °C (?)	6	5	10	8	10	7	9	2	1	4	4	4	6	9	9	13	13	3	14	10	5	8
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 W	1.8 NW	0.4 SW	1.2 NW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	15	15	14	13	11	11	12	12	14	13	14	13	14	15	11	13	14	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	16	7	13	13	6	8	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	15	-	16	14	11	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 S	-	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WNW	-	-	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	1.4 NW	1.0 NNW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	13	7	-	9	7	8

	Saturday 14						Sunday 15								Monday 16
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	13	13	12
Energy(?)	3817	3213	3076	3122	3433	4123	4098	3154	3105	3170	1883	1679	2248	1429	1093	1289	1169	1397	3052	888	1575	1852
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:46AM 2.47					11:47PM 1.99			9:16AM 1.83					10:25PM 1.17			9:49AM 1.85	11:41AM 3.53
Low Tide / height (m)					5:00PM -0.02				4:03AM 0.99				4:15PM 0.26				4:27AM 1.35				5:17PM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	2	4	4	2	2	2	7	7	1	3	1	15	-	-	-	2	1	-	1
Temp. °C	7	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	10	11	9	11	10	8	11	8	8	11	3	10	9	3
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	5	3	3	4	4	8	8	7	11	8	6	10	8	8	10	2	9	9	-1
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 S	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	1.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	8	14	14	13	13	13	10	13	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.5 S	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.2 W	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	7	13	7	7	14	7	7	7	7	7	16	6	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 S	-	-	2.1 S	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	2.5 W	0.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	-	6	-	-	-	10	4	13	3

	Saturday 14																			Sunday 15
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	14
Energy(?)	3909	3909	3817	3568	3469	3213	3167	3122	3191	3028	2581	2507	1997	2306	1174	2346	2347	2373	2472	1674	1693	2203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						9:46AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	11	11	12	5	13	13	5
Chill °C (?)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	10	11	12	10	11	11	10	10	10	3	11	10	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	5	13	5	5	13	15	13	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	1.1 S	-	1.3 S	1.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	3	-	-	5	-	5	5	-

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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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