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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	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			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	Fort. Ebey Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington
Rating	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	0.9 S	3.0 W	2.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	10	11	12	19	10	11	17	8	9	9	21	20	20	18	18	18	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1439	1681	861	833	1923	1539	2082	1386	743	882	535	772	613	1136	1032	1325	1726	1254	1222	915	1436	1601
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:46PM 1.35	8:28AM 2.09		9:39PM 4:57AM 1.15 1.41	6:13AM 2.22		9:08PM 1.48	6:31AM 1.34		9:28PM 1.03	7:25AM 1.42		9:12PM 1.55	8:12AM 1.95		9:59PM 1.66	9:10AM 1.55		10:06PM 1.25	11:47AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)	10:46AM 0.29			5:15AM 2.01		12:07AM 1.10		2:13PM 0.77	12:35AM 1.38		2:34PM 0.01	1:58AM 0.72		2:46PM -0.09	1:54AM 1.14		5:46PM 0.02	3:04AM 1.06		5:58PM 0.09	3:34AM 0.41	5:50AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
High °C	3	10	15	19	19	18	6	13	20	21	21	15	27	27	22	26	27	23	8	20	11	12
Low °C	3	10	14	14	19	17	5	11	18	15	19	15	25	26	19	25	26	19	7	19	11	10
Chill °C (?)	-2	8	14	19	19	18	2	12	20	21	21	14	27	27	22	26	27	23	5	20	10	12
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	7:16	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 S	1.4 NW	3.0 W	2.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	10	11	19	7	10	11	8	8	16	15	13	20	20	18	18	18	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.2 WNW	1.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	14	21	20	18	12	19	18	17	16	14	13	21	13	13	4	14	9	20	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	-	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	1.2 S	-	1.2 S	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	12	7	-	-	-	8	9	9	4	4	-	5	4	4	5	-	5	4

	Tuesday 10						Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Fort. Ebey Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	La Push Washington	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.0 S	2.0 W	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	0.9 S	2.3 NW	0.8 S	3.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	20	13	9	9	13	13	12	11	12	12	13	19	13	18	11	12	12	10	11	10
Energy(?)	2463	2236	910	1285	2251	1838	1674	1463	1650	1025	2083	2280	2447	1169	3447	1017	3205	1253	1424	1336	1614	1079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			11:14AM 0.80											9:32PM 0.94			7:08AM 1.96					9:42PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		10:46AM 0.29		3:45PM 0.19							1:08PM 0.22			10:38PM 0.95					1:59PM 0.10	2:39PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-
Temp. °C	9	12	23	5	13	12	6	6	14	19	23	23	19	17	19	18	8	22	24	3	20	11
Chill °C (?)	9	12	23	5	12	12	4	4	13	19	23	23	19	17	19	18	8	22	24	3	20	9
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 S	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	3.5 WNW	1.7 NW	0.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	10	10	20	13	9	9	13	13	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	8	11	12	9	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.2 NW	0.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.6 SW	0.9 S	1.0 W
Period (s)	11	11	14	-	22	22	14	18	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	12	19	18	18	9	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.0 WNW	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-	1.7 NW	-	1.8 NW	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	12	12	13	-	13	-	-	-	12	-	11	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Fort. Ebey Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	La Push Washington	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.8 SSW	2.0 W	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	21	13	10	10	12	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	13	10	9	12	10	12
Energy(?)	2537	2527	766	1248	2262	2246	1668	1784	1458	847	803	803	878	861	1483	1629	2634	2868	860	2027	861	1924
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				8:02AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)						10:46AM 0.29	11:50AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	19	3	11	12	10	10	16	17	17	17	17	16	11	13	8	14	15	6	14	8
Chill °C (?)	8	8	19	-3	11	12	8	8	14	16	16	16	16	15	9	11	5	12	15	2	14	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	0.6 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	21	13	10	10	12	12	14	11	22	22	22	9	10	14	13	9	9	12	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	-	0.8 NW	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	11	11	12	-	11	11	13	13	11	23	13	13	13	22	21	22	-	13	21	13	21	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.7 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	4	-	10	10	-	-	10	10	9	9	9	-	-	9	-	10	-	-	-	-

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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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