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

	Tue		Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 W	1.3 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	0.4 SW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.3 NW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	0.8 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	9	14	15	9	10	18	13	13	12	12	12	8	9	10	9	9	8	12	15
Energy(?)	1271	912	167	392	317	242	402	536	127	1977	1773	1244	1037	849	756	732	515	771	748	163	119	340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:17PM 1.80		4:27AM 2.23		7:52PM 1.14	5:05AM 1.73		8:48PM 1.24	6:19AM 1.75		9:36PM 1.34	7:37AM 1.73		9:41PM 1.39	8:22AM 1.73		9:38PM 1.33	9:41AM 1.78		12:19AM 2.38	12:01PM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)		9:43PM 1.35	12:25PM 0.39		11:17PM 0.96	12:47PM -0.13		12:48AM 0.92		1:28PM 0.13	1:59AM 0.81		2:29PM -0.26	2:26AM 0.67		5:13PM -0.22	3:02AM 0.30		6:19PM -0.17		6:02AM 0.53	6:26PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	24	18	6	19	9	6	17	11	7	9	10	12	12	12	11	12	14	14	19	25
Low °C	13	13	21	17	5	16	7	5	16	8	6	8	9	11	10	11	10	12	11	13	17	25
Chill °C (?)	13	14	24	18	5	19	7	4	17	9	4	7	9	12	10	11	10	12	14	13	19	25
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 NNW	1.1 NW	2.0 NNW	1.3 NW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	9	8	9	10	7	13	13	12	12	12	10	9	10	9	9	8	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	15	9	14	8	9	9	8	9	8	11	11	8	15	8	14	14	13	13	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.2 SW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1000	1198	1062	532	912	518	503	682	392	445	501	608	280	279	238	274	209	237	545	529	536	724
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:11PM 1.49			3:51AM 1.72						7:46PM 0.93			5:05AM 1.73					9:46PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	11:28AM 0.57			9:04PM 1.02					11:38AM -0.03				11:07PM 1.06					1:28PM -0.10				2:13AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	15	14	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	19	23	12	17	15	15	15	6	23	17	7	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	12	19	23	12	17	15	15	15	5	23	17	6	4	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	9	10	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	12	16	10	9	9	9	9	15	14	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 WSW	2.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WNW	2.1 SW	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 W	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	10	4	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1060	1254	1243	421	1271	455	465	1202	535	89	991	249	522	538	521	466	297	696	427	408	372	372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									6:45PM 1.05											5:44AM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)		11:09AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	6	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	17	14	16	16	14	15	17	14	15	14	14	14	7	14	14	5	5	5	5
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	17	12	16	16	13	15	17	14	15	14	14	14	5	14	14	3	3	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 WSW	2.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	1.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 W	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	10	12	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.5 NW	1.2 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 NW	0.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	15	10	12	11	11	11	8	11	10	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	-	11	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	5	5	5

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
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