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

	Wed	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	13	16	14	14	13	14	13	13	15	20	18	18	16	16	15	12	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1126	251	532	732	586	672	222	270	339	269	232	345	536	570	595	606	581	539	415	572	589	292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:03AM 1.48	6:52PM 2.03		10:17AM 1.63	7:42PM 2.20		12:27PM 1.48		8:43PM 1.86	9:33AM 1.54		10:31PM 1.72	9:28AM 1.99		9:32PM 2.04	9:56AM 2.08		9:38PM 1.55	11:05AM 1.77		12:20AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	1:27AM 0.28	12:44PM 1.01		1:54AM 0.18			2:20AM 0.13	6:12AM -0.09	2:04PM 0.67	3:28AM -0.12		4:27PM 0.44			3:25PM 0.41	3:41AM 0.32		6:07PM 0.22	3:31AM 0.40		6:40PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	16	25	24	26	29	18	16	24	28	30	30	28	30	30	29	30	30	15	17	15	24
Low °C	23	14	24	24	24	29	18	14	23	27	28	29	27	28	30	27	28	30	13	15	15	21
Chill °C (?)	25	16	25	24	26	29	18	16	24	28	30	30	28	30	30	29	30	30	15	17	14	24
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 NW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	16	15	8	7	14	6	13	14	13	13	15	14	18	18	16	16	15	7	15	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	7	18	13	13	9	14	8	10	9	9	9	20	14	13	13	12	12	12	7	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 W	0.4 NE	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	6	3	3	-	-	-	6	3	-	3	4	5	4	4	7	3	-	-	-	6

	Wed		Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 NW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	12	16	11	10	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	14	15	15	6	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	748	1022	1008	1195	528	985	973	275	854	560	507	510	641	586	516	527	508	620	500	329	656	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						8:12AM 1.53			6:52PM 2.03					8:18AM 1.60			7:32PM 2.13	9:03PM 1.77				9:45AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)			1:27AM 0.28				12:44PM 1.01	4:54PM 0.81				3:32AM -0.09			1:25PM 0.84				1:52AM 0.09	3:00AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	28	28	27	18	23	23	15	24	20	21	16	18	26	28	27	25	16	27	20	17	18
Chill °C (?)	29	28	28	27	18	23	23	14	24	20	21	16	18	26	28	27	25	16	27	20	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 NW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	12	12	16	11	10	15	9	14	14	6	14	7	14	15	15	6	14	14	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	16	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	6	6	14	6	13	7	7	7	13	10	6	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	0.5 NE	0.7 WNW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	1.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	7	3	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	7	-

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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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Drakes Bay CAL - Marin County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	14	16	16	16	16	11	11	11	11	15	14	15	15	15
Energy(?)	671	748	748	740	489	655	1022	258	1008	540	540	677	677	1156	1278	1190	1190	508	1022	564	697	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)																8:03AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)									1:27AM 0.28	2:03AM -0.02											1:51PM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	29	29	17	25	28	13	28	21	21	16	16	24	24	24	25	21	29	25	23	19
Chill °C (?)	28	28	29	29	17	25	28	12	28	21	21	16	16	24	24	24	25	21	29	25	23	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	12	16	16	6	6	11	11	11	11	15	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 NW	1.1 SSE	0.7 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 NW	0.7 W	0.2 WSW	0.5 NW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	16	7	13	8	14	6	6	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	8	18	14	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 WNW	1.6 SSE	0.6 W	1.4 NW	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	3	6	7	6	6	6

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