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

	Fri		Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Perkos CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	7	14	19	18	8	8	11	10	9	11	11	11	11	14	11	16	15	16	15	15	15	15
Energy	546	329	787	716	1157	1362	1029	753	870	1420	959	588	572	437	624	695	700	749	451	519	309	705
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:32AM 1.30		6:44PM 1.12	4:44AM 1.14		7:05PM 1.22	8:17PM 1.76		5:50PM 1.71		5:25AM 1.26	5:48PM 1.53		8:13AM 0.28	7:53PM 2.10		8:51AM 1.56		10:37PM 2.35	10:29AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		8:43PM 0.99	8:42AM 0.60		11:44PM 0.85	12:00PM 0.11		2:22AM 0.81	11:14AM 0.64		12:34AM 0.43	11:25AM 0.56		2:26AM 0.23	1:42PM -0.41		1:34AM 0.31		2:39PM 0.50			3:14PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	12	24	29	13	17	20	17	19	17	16	17	16	28	17	32	30	30	20	14	23	20
Low °C	19	10	18	28	12	16	19	15	17	17	14	15	15	25	14	30	27	29	20	11	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	11	24	29	11	17	20	17	19	17	15	17	16	28	17	32	30	30	20	13	23	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	7:57	-	-	6:50	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:42	-	-	8:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	17	14	19	18	18	8	11	10	9	11	11	11	11	14	11	16	15	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	9	12	13	14	13	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	12	13	12	10	12	12	10	10	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	7	-	6	12	8	8	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	5	4	9	4	6	4	4	5	6

	Friday 08				Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Mon
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Perkos CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s)	18	18	21	8	8	8	8	11	19	18	16	18	17	8	8	8	16	18	10	11	8	9
Energy	479	214	578	1554	1285	1021	1010	553	953	659	510	1159	1040	1343	1427	1362	801	1471	1192	1005	1097	1085
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						3:20AM 1.20					5:36PM 1.05			4:44AM 1.14					7:08PM 1.23	8:23PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)				10:02PM 0.96								10:12PM 1.09									12:57AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	24	15	15	15	17	16	18	27	17	25	26	16	16	17	18	18	14	11	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	18	24	14	14	15	17	16	17	27	17	25	26	16	16	17	18	18	14	11	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	8:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	7	21	8	8	7	8	11	19	18	16	18	17	8	8	8	9	8	10	11	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	14	18	18	19	20	13	11	13	9	12	12	18	18	13	16	18	18	18	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	-	0.6 W	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	6	-	6	8	8	8	8	-	7	5	-	4	4	8	8	8	-	8	8	7	8	8

	Friday 08												Saturday 09
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Perkos CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	0.5 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s)	18	17	18	7	7	7	7	15	20	20	18	16	16	8	8	8	20	8	8	14	8	8
Energy	488	224	365	470	536	546	600	266	480	306	188	695	691	1285	1453	850	625	934	424	447	729	725
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								6:41PM 1.59				10:42PM 1.26				2:49AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	27	19	19	19	18	12	17	19	16	25	25	15	14	12	16	12	10	10	16	18
Chill °C (?)	16	18	27	19	18	18	17	11	16	19	16	25	25	14	13	10	15	10	10	10	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	18	13	17	17	17	9	12	20	7	16	16	8	8	18	12	20	8	11	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	15	16	13	13	13	15	20	12	18	21	21	18	18	16	16	16	18	5	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.8 W	0.6 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.1 NW	2.1 WNW	-	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	-	6	6	-	4	4	8	8	8	6	8	-	-	8	8

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Massachusetts	New-York

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British-Columbia	Washington

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Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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