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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	Wed	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	1.2 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	2.1 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.9 WNW	1.3 SW	0.8 S	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	7	9	8	10	10	10	14	13	8	8	7	12	13	13	11	19	17	14	7	18	6
Energy(?)	246	374	1976	878	714	1344	665	592	284	219	280	387	1559	1935	1377	905	522	522	513	284	802	657
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:42PM 1.70	12:34PM 2.34		12:30AM 2.72	12:39PM 1.05		10:57PM 1.71	12:19PM 1.65		11:33PM 1.77			12:07AM 2.31	1:11PM 1.31		12:22AM 2.21		3:58PM 1.51	1:56AM 2.13		5:02PM 1.46	2:37AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	4:58AM -0.03	6:27AM -0.04	6:29PM 0.35		6:38AM -0.12	4:36PM 0.47		5:49AM 0.13	4:59PM 0.52		7:21AM -0.43	5:53PM 1.14		6:29AM 0.12	5:06PM 1.06		8:42AM 0.12	7:41PM 1.32		9:24AM 0.23		8:25PM 1.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	12	5	-
High °C	14	19	12	15	16	17	14	17	25	12	14	16	12	13	18	14	17	27	12	13	14	12
Low °C	11	13	11	14	13	16	12	16	24	10	12	15	9	12	17	12	16	26	12	12	14	10
Chill °C (?)	13	19	9	14	16	16	13	16	25	12	14	15	11	11	17	14	17	27	10	12	13	10
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:42	-	-	6:40	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:45	-	-	6:42	-	-	7:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	2.1 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.8 S	1.1 NW	1.3 SW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	10	10	15	10	13	8	8	7	12	13	13	11	19	17	9	7	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.8 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	10	18	17	13	13	12	14	9	14	14	16	7	13	7	13	14	13	14	10	18	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.2 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 WNW	-	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	-	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	1.8 NW
Period (s)	5	7	9	8	-	10	10	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	10	4	-	-	-	6

	Wed		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1535	1344	1643	1320	1877	585	1493	804	2110	1550	1474	1206	1101	1267	1108	715	1218	1013	626	1077	1043	556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			11:57PM 2.57			10:40AM 1.27				10:25PM 1.61	11:05PM 1.82			10:02AM 1.63				10:44PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)					5:56AM -0.01			3:57PM 0.76					5:01AM 0.26			3:57PM 0.81					5:14AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	5	5	5	8	14	19	22	17	12	8	14	14	15	15	17	14	15	14	13	15	18
Chill °C (?)	12	3	5	3	6	14	19	22	16	11	6	13	13	14	14	16	13	15	13	12	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	14	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	7	13	13	15	14	14	18	14	14	14	17	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	9	-	9	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	10	10	-

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	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	15	15	15	15	15	8	15	15	7	7	8	9	7	9	7	7	8
Energy(?)	664	1244	1278	1365	483	235	238	214	283	243	970	288	395	596	601	596	746	374	804	748	803	818
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																		10:24AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)												4:16AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	7	7	6	12	12	11	13	13	13	7	12	11	14	14	15	14	19	16	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	11	3	4	5	10	11	10	12	12	13	3	10	8	12	12	14	12	19	15	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	15	7	15	15	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	14	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	15	11	12	15	15	12	12	18	13	10	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.8 WNW	2.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	5	5	6	-	5	8	6	6	7	7	8	9	7	9	7	7	8

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