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

	Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wed
	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	La Push Washington	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Fort. Ebey Washington	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	2	3	5	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	1.2 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.3 WNW	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.4 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	15	10	10	12	11	12	11	18	18	16	16	16	12	14	14	14	15	7	7	8	9	8
Energy(?)	353	586	2155	1435	1828	1996	1449	970	892	1312	1386	472	630	851	494	563	659	472	344	563	1269	801
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off	off	cross	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	8:18AM 1.58		8:20PM 1.68	8:48AM 1.52		1:37AM 2.63			1:10AM 2.65					2:29PM 1.05	2:30AM 1.56		4:45PM 1.70	1:17AM 1.88		5:08PM 1.04	2:01AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		2:54PM 0.51	2:40AM 0.25		2:33PM 0.48		8:09AM -0.06	6:20PM 1.05		7:56AM 0.43	6:10PM 0.71	12:22AM 1.50	8:47AM -0.03	6:32PM 0.86	9:05PM 0.76	7:41AM 0.52			8:04AM 0.60			5:51AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	6	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1
High °C	28	8	9	8	11	12	11	25	17	17	18	18	16	27	20	27	17	12	12	11	12	10
Low °C	25	7	8	7	11	11	7	24	17	17	18	18	11	27	17	25	17	10	10	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	28	4	6	5	7	10	9	25	16	16	18	18	16	27	20	27	17	12	10	11	11	8
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	7:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:36	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.2 W	0.4 SW	2.2 W	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 S	1.3 WNW	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 NW	1.4 NNW	0.7 WNW	1.6 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	15	10	13	12	12	12	11	18	18	12	12	16	12	14	14	14	11	7	9	8	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.2 S	0.1 SW	-	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.7 NW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.3 SSW	1.1 NNW	0.6 W	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 S	0.8 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	7	16	-	15	15	12	10	12	16	16	11	7	6	10	6	15	10	14	14	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	3.0 W	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	0.6 NW	-	1.6 NNW	-	2.5 NNW	2.0 NNW
Period (s)	5	-	10	-	11	-	-	6	7	-	9	-	-	-	6	-	4	-	7	-	9	8

	Wednesday 01						Thursday 02								Friday 03
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort. Ebey Washington	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	5	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	10	10	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	16
Energy(?)	375	265	300	311	294	599	563	604	3527	3375	739	1079	2644	2909	3451	3938	1027	1459	1316	1505	1089	1085
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:59AM 1.95					1:09AM 2.62				11:55AM 1.23				1:11AM 1.62							8:55PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)				2:16PM 0.40					6:41AM 0.54				6:51PM 0.48								5:37PM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	18	29	26	23	7	7	8	7	10	17	8	8	10	10	11	6	17	15	12	15	22
Chill °C (?)	25	18	29	26	23	6	7	6	6	10	16	8	8	9	8	10	4	17	15	10	14	22
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	1.4 S
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	10	10	7	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	-	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	8	8	12	13	13	15	-	12	12	12	14	12	14	10	12	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	5	3	5	5	5	-	-	8	-	-	12	-	-	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Wednesday 01																		Thursday 02
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort. Ebey Washington	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	5	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	0.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.4 WNW	1.2 W	3.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	2.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	1.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	7	7	13	7	7	13	10	8	13	13	13	8	13	13	8	13	14
Energy(?)	377	225	375	371	359	625	625	119	643	729	139	284	1403	147	148	166	1291	229	204	863	213	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				8:18AM 1.58														10:52PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)																						2:40AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	5	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	18	25	27	28	7	7	14	11	12	16	8	9	15	13	14	7	13	14	10	13	22
Chill °C (?)	23	18	25	27	28	2	2	13	8	9	15	4	5	14	11	12	3	13	12	7	13	22
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSE	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	11	11	13	12	12	13	10	11	13	13	13	11	13	15	11	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 S
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	12	12	13	-	13	13	7	13	13	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.8 S	1.8 S	0.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.2 SSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	2.3 SW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	5	3	5	5	5	7	7	4	7	7	3	-	8	-	4	4	8	4	5	8	4	5

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