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 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rockaway CAL - San Mateo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Point Reyes Beach CAL - Marin County	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	3	6	7	4	7	4	3	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 NW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s)	10	10	7	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	14	13	13	10	8	11	10	9	10	10	10
Energy	1867	1871	821	7844	6964	3451	9031	1188	981	3917	1154	1378	3153	1081	1239	1200	1069	1323	1530	841	1119	1646
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:40PM 1.80	11:53AM 1.23		10:31PM 1.78	12:52PM 1.26		10:28PM 2.45	1:06PM 1.04		12:20AM 2.72		3:07PM 1.38	1:38AM 1.93		4:18PM 1.30	3:04AM 2.67		5:18PM 1.34	3:36AM 1.59		6:13PM 1.40	4:52AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	4:35AM -0.48		3:15PM 0.99		5:22AM -0.56	4:53PM 0.85		6:24AM -0.49	5:48PM 1.25		9:19AM -0.48	7:45PM 0.95		8:26AM 0.02		9:17PM 1.50	9:55AM 0.14		9:53PM 0.81	12:10PM -0.16		11:21PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	21	13	15	21	13	20	25	12	16	18	15	24	18	13	17	19	13	11	19	12
Low °C	10	11	21	8	11	19	12	17	24	11	13	17	13	23	18	13	16	18	10	10	19	11
Chill °C (?)	13	17	21	12	15	21	10	20	25	10	16	18	15	24	18	11	17	19	13	10	19	12
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.3 SSW	3.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	0.5 SW	1.7 WNW	0.5 SW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	15	14	14	11	12	13	12	11	12	10	10	10	13	13	10	8	11	10	16	10	18	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	1.5 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	18	13	13	16	16	15	14	16	13	16	10	19	15	13	18	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 NW	-	2.0 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	2.1 NW	-
Period (s)	10	10	7	11	12	12	12	-	11	10	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	10	-

	Fri		Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Monday 18
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Sunset State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Moss Landing CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	6	9	9	7	4	4	5	6	7	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.1 WNW
Period(s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	7	11	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	11
Energy	1269	1479	1867	4050	4106	1871	2021	821	2293	1524	7844	8828	9346	6964	1586	3451	6134	6759	9031	3370	3215	1188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:40PM 1.80								9:32PM 2.08					11:39AM 1.53			10:23PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)				4:42AM -0.39				3:15PM 0.99					5:32AM -0.49			4:53PM 0.85					6:02AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	10	12	11	17	23	21	13	19	9	9	13	15	19	21	15	12	12	12	15	20
Chill °C (?)	12	9	10	10	11	17	23	21	11	19	9	8	12	15	19	21	14	11	10	12	15	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	10	10	14	14	14	14	7	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	15	10	15	19	10	14	14	14	14	18	18	13	13	13	16	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	7	11	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	12	-	-	-

	Friday 15	Saturday 16
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Sunset State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Salinas River State Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	6	9	9	7	4	4	5	6	7	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.2 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s)	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1211	821	1269	1269	1297	1479	1633	1829	1867	4019	4038	4050	1981	4106	4106	4106	1871	1871	461	1994	2021	1915
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					9:42PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)												4:42AM -0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	12	9	9	11	13	15	17	15	20	23	22
Chill °C (?)	18	18	12	12	10	9	9	10	10	12	10	10	9	9	11	13	15	17	15	20	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:55	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	15	15	10	15	15	15	15	9	10	10	16	10	10	10	14	14	10	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	16	18	16	16	14	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	19	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10

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