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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7 day 48 hour

	Thu	Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17
	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	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Camel Rock CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	14	10	10	10	10	17	9	9	16	15	15	7
Energy(?)	349	686	1263	1876	709	1156	513	727	1380	1886	351	1210	773	727	652	414	466	481	371	242	318	440
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	on	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:20PM 1.91		2:23PM 1.66	11:53PM 1.90	1:28PM 1.58	2:17PM 1.47	12:42AM 1.91		2:42PM 1.42	1:20AM 1.75		3:10PM 1.92	2:02AM 2.00		4:10PM 2.42	3:03AM 1.81		4:47PM 2.50	4:53AM 1.99		5:28PM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)		7:23AM -0.32	6:53PM 1.06		6:33AM 0.14	6:55PM 0.91		7:44AM -0.24	7:29PM 0.81		8:21AM -0.15		8:29PM 1.20	8:56AM -0.02		9:35PM 1.09	8:41AM 0.17		11:13PM 1.02	10:45AM 0.92		11:59PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	16	14	17	18	13	22	15	17	30	15	14	14	16	17	17	16	15	17	17	15
Low °C	13	18	16	12	14	18	11	18	15	16	28	14	12	14	15	16	14	16	12	17	17	14
Chill °C (?)	21	20	16	13	17	18	13	22	15	17	30	15	14	14	16	16	17	16	14	17	16	14
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	19	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	14	10	10	10	10	17	9	9	16	10	15	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	17	17	17	15	12	16	16	15	15	9	13	15	15	15	10	18	17	12	15	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	-	1.4 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	7

	Thu		Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13
	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	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.3 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	857	705	845	1078	535	937	669	1017	1569	2096	1552	817	833	1441	1023	573	272	1172	1143	1002	942	480
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:02AM 2.25				1:44PM 1.42				11:53PM 1.90					2:05PM 1.79			1:08AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)	5:04PM 0.91				5:57AM 0.12				5:50PM 0.88				7:09AM 0.14				5:24PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	12	12	12	18	18	16	21	14	13	13	12	14	16	18	16	15	14	14	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	12	12	12	18	18	16	21	13	12	13	11	14	15	18	16	15	13	14	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.5 SW	2.5 NW	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	19	8	8	8	9	9	16	9	17	9	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	19	19	19	16	17	12	17	12	17	17	17	17	15	17	16	16	11	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.3 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	-	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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