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 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Celestino Sinaloa	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.6 W	1.3 SW	1.8 WNW	2.3 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	16	8	10	10	10	9	10	9	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	586	728	649	650	1192	1161	1072	1114	876	815	274	760	626	928	1299	1236	1320	703	1196	1011	1017	1028
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	6:45PM 2.02		9:04AM 1.65	7:47PM 2.04		8:12AM 1.40	6:46PM 1.58		9:54AM 1.42			8:04AM 1.52		11:05PM 1.70	11:45AM 1.66		10:19PM 1.86	12:16PM 1.69		1:25AM 1.86	11:38AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		3:11AM 0.42	1:55PM 1.15		1:55AM -0.09	1:43PM 0.52		1:36AM 0.23		4:16PM 0.56	1:51AM 0.23	1:53PM 0.48	5:57PM 0.50		5:22AM 0.17	5:44PM 0.38	4:26AM 0.58	5:50AM 0.30	7:14PM 0.26		5:28AM 0.78	6:13PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	26	28	21	16	17	20	19	15	18	19	13	14	30	16	14	18	14	17	20	13	15	14
Low °C	24	25	18	16	15	17	19	14	16	19	12	14	29	15	13	17	12	16	18	12	15	14
Chill °C (?)	26	28	21	15	17	20	19	15	18	19	12	13	30	16	14	18	13	17	20	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	6:54	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.6 W	1.3 SW	1.8 WNW	2.3 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	16	10	8	10	10	10	9	10	9	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	7	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	5	15	8	13	14	12	12	13	18	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	-	1.2 WNW	0.9 NNW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	-	10	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Tuesday 16				Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.1 NW	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	18	11	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	14	14	9	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	622	511	574	516	569	572	856	781	515	738	623	608	1999	1844	2139	1281	508	1133	3219	3088	1075	1030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:45PM 2.02				7:30AM 1.30				6:04PM 1.50					10:09AM 1.53				10:21PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	12:49PM 1.27				1:18AM -0.07				1:50PM 0.78	2:32PM 0.83				3:34AM -0.05				3:28PM 0.69				3:33AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	21	22	22	28	29	21	21	28	27	14	14	14	18	21	20	14	14	17	16
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	21	22	22	28	29	21	21	28	27	14	13	14	18	21	20	14	14	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	1.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 SSW	4.0 NNW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	9	11	9	9	16	16	15	15	15	10	14	14	16	10	10	10	9	10	15	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	16	12	9	10	11	16	8	8	14	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16												Wednesday 17
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	18	12	18	18	17	16	15	15	17	18	15	15	10	11	11	16	16	17	17	17	16	16
Energy(?)	649	269	622	609	600	586	951	848	516	574	1030	1030	516	698	687	406	497	533	470	528	471	471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							5:06PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)																2:42AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	20	22	22	25	24	29	28	20	17	28	28	15	15	15	17	20	17	14	14	23	24
Chill °C (?)	23	20	22	22	25	24	29	28	20	17	28	28	15	15	15	17	20	17	14	14	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	12	9	9	17	16	15	15	17	11	15	15	10	11	11	16	16	10	10	10	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.6 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	18	6	18	18	12	12	7	7	9	8	11	11	18	18	17	11	9	17	17	17	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	6	4	-	-

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