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 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Davenport Landing CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Turtles Washington
Rating	8	5	4	4	6	8	7	7	7	5	5	4	9	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	19	17	18	14	13	13	18	16	14	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	12	13	12	12	12	7
Energy(?)	7984	5071	1968	1762	2023	2913	7383	6156	6406	3823	3652	1752	4527	10929	5340	2145	2362	3404	2952	1318	1136	582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:46AM 2.07	1:01PM 2.51		2:04AM 1.68	1:00PM 2.11		2:00AM 1.72	1:26PM 2.08		2:47AM 1.14		2:26PM 2.36	4:49AM 1.82		3:11PM 2.14		5:28AM 1.45	3:13PM 1.91		6:38AM 1.46	4:09PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	7:19PM 0.02		7:03AM 0.85	7:27PM -0.05		7:06AM 0.85	6:32PM 0.35		7:37AM 0.96	6:59PM -0.94		8:36AM 1.20		9:45PM 0.06	9:40AM 1.07		12:05AM 0.72	9:32AM 1.20		11:03PM 0.11	10:37AM 1.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	10	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	14	16	14	13	14	14	14	11	21	16	16	15	14	12	18	9	10	12	18	21	13
Low °C	17	14	15	14	12	12	14	14	10	20	15	15	15	11	10	17	9	8	11	16	18	12
Chill °C (?)	19	14	16	12	13	14	14	14	10	21	16	16	14	13	12	18	8	10	12	18	21	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	6:28	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	19	17	18	14	13	13	18	16	14	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	12	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.2 NW	0.5 SW	1.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.3 S	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	15	13	15	16	21	14	14	8	20	13	18	18	18	18	16	16	17	17	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Tuesday 21				Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	8	7	7	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	19	17	17	17	16	16	18	16	14	16	15	13	12	12	13	19	16	18	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	12644	11647	11143	9961	7476	6185	5071	3277	3038	1742	1076	1981	1813	2034	3205	5945	5011	7383	6981	6794	6156	6312
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:37PM 2.51				1:22AM 1.73				12:37PM 2.13					2:27AM 2.02			1:39PM 2.73					2:46AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			7:19PM 0.02								5:45PM -0.01				7:59AM 0.81					8:02PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	13	15	15	14	15	16	16	17	15	12	12	12	12	14	12	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	17	12	15	15	14	15	16	16	17	15	12	12	11	11	13	12	14	14	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	19	17	17	17	16	16	18	16	14	16	15	13	12	12	13	13	16	18	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	15	15	15	16	16	16	13	16	5	4	21	20	19	-	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 21												Wednesday 22
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	8	7	7	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 WNW	4.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 W	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	19	19	19	20	19	19	12	19	18	12	19	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	6025	16556	12644	4670	7982	7984	1781	3924	9831	898	1511	7719	7113	6809	6739	6334	2111	6185	5644	5644	5397	4784
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:37PM 2.51													1:53AM 1.93		3:22AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)							5:16PM 0.38													6:36AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	17	18	18	17	16	14	16	15	15	12	12	12	12	12	9	14	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	17	17	18	18	17	16	14	16	15	15	11	11	11	11	11	7	14	13	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 WNW	4.0 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 W	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	19	19	13	19	19	12	19	18	12	19	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	19	19	-	20	13	13	22	13	15	14	13	16	16	16	16	16	-	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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