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

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 W	1.8 NW	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	9	9	10	10	13	12	12	13	11	18	10	12
Energy(?)	781	1109	471	236	899	640	445	1321	482	443	677	1665	991	745	2649	1492	1823	1153	667	463	1094	667
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:08PM 3.39		1:33AM 3.49	12:17PM 1.58		1:52AM 2.44		2:17PM 2.28	2:15AM 2.65			12:39AM 2.16		4:06PM 1.98	3:30AM 2.66		5:12PM 1.82	4:10AM 2.41		5:47PM 1.17	4:02AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		7:18PM 0.65		5:58AM 0.16	7:22PM 0.20		8:32AM -0.01		8:03PM 0.36	8:42AM -0.14	7:12PM 0.45		9:31AM -0.20		9:19PM 0.74	10:35AM -0.20		9:59PM 0.89	10:24AM -0.08		9:34PM 0.86	10:56AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-
High °C	19	13	14	28	17	15	21	15	19	19	22	10	7	11	8	9	21	18	17	13	10	19
Low °C	15	11	11	24	16	14	17	14	16	15	21	7	6	11	7	8	20	16	13	13	9	18
Chill °C (?)	19	11	14	28	16	15	21	14	19	19	22	7	4	8	5	8	21	18	17	12	8	19
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 NW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	1.9 WSW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	12	12	10	12	10	11	12	11	11	8	10	14	10	10	13	12	12	13	11	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	11	13	5	12	10	6	16	7	11	14	22	15	14	14	13	14	19	18	18	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	9	9	-	4	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	6

	Wednesday 18						Thursday 19								Friday 20
	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	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 NW	1.0 W	0.6 SSW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	2.3 NW	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	10	13	12	11	10	10	11	12	11	11	7	12
Energy(?)	1551	1452	1403	673	559	1022	1057	901	873	611	473	295	701	779	850	700	698	664	590	524	1020	623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:08PM 3.39				1:23AM 2.31				12:10PM 1.58				1:43AM 2.57				12:55PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	7:04AM 0.93				6:49PM 0.09				7:21AM 0.19				7:22PM 0.20								6:38PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	10	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	10	20	11	11	12	11	12	16	19	26	15	13	13	12	13	15	21	19	12	18
Chill °C (?)	8	7	8	20	11	10	11	10	11	16	19	26	15	12	12	11	12	14	21	19	11	18
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 W	1.3 NW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	16	16	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	2.3 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	6

	Wednesday 18																		Thursday 19
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	1.4 W	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 W	0.8 SSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	10	15	11	15	14
Energy(?)	1712	1709	1551	850	853	1428	1293	1123	1122	723	747	408	637	948	853	840	890	464	343	311	461	282
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								12:42PM 2.41											11:47PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			7:04AM 0.93									4:48PM 0.50		6:57PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	17	9	12	12	12	12	11	17	25	11	10	9	9	10	12	19	18	16	21
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	17	8	10	10	10	10	10	17	25	11	9	7	8	9	12	19	18	16	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	1.4 W	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 W	0.8 SSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	6	15	16	12	12	12	11	15	15	12	15	15	15	15	13	10	15	5	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-

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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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