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

	Thu	Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07
	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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	2	4	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 W	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s)	8	9	12	12	9	8	8	16	15	14	16	14	13	14	12	15	16	13	14	12	12	11
Energy	692	404	591	750	254	648	752	778	1135	1262	908	1060	665	693	638	252	523	966	546	536	631	391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:08PM 1.73	11:24AM 1.08		11:42PM 1.53	12:11PM 1.05	2:20PM 1.25	12:16AM 1.21	1:28PM 1.55	2:09PM 1.17	11:35PM 1.53		3:04PM 2.08	1:07AM 1.62			2:30AM 2.93		5:29PM 1.66	3:39AM 2.06		6:26PM 1.65	4:37AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		5:01AM -0.12	4:42PM 0.69		5:37AM -0.15	7:29PM 0.74		6:33AM 0.27	6:21PM 0.77		7:54AM 0.33	7:46PM 1.54		8:55AM 0.42	3:44PM 1.08		9:15AM -0.09		9:55PM 1.15	11:09AM 0.00		10:55PM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	11	17	17	11	16	12	15	12	14	12	15	15	13	17	15	17	12	11	12	14	12	12
Low °C	10	11	17	10	14	12	13	11	13	11	15	15	12	17	14	14	11	11	11	10	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	17	16	9	16	10	14	12	14	12	15	14	12	16	14	16	11	10	10	14	10	11
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 W	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	1.3 W	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	13	9	12	7	9	8	8	9	15	14	11	14	13	14	12	15	11	13	14	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	1.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 NNW	0.6 SW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	14	12	13	12	12	11	16	16	8	8	16	9	16	15	15	13	16	15	14	7	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	1.2 NW	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	3	5	-	8	5	-	5	-

	Thu		Friday 01								Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 WNW	1.5 W
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	9	8	8	12	12	12	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	16	15
Energy	1025	1160	839	1415	1050	543	958	364	982	891	1052	730	1050	617	409	298	738	764	867	865	1065	1208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		9:57PM 1.65					12:57PM 0.93			10:43PM 1.54	11:30PM 2.40					4:33PM 2.36			1:16AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)					5:01AM -0.12			4:36PM 1.10	5:17PM 0.61				6:29AM -0.20				5:50PM 0.70					8:20AM -0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	11	10	16	12	15	19	12	12	11	10	11	12	17	18	11	10	11	11	13	16
Chill °C (?)	12	13	11	10	16	10	14	19	12	12	10	10	11	12	16	18	9	9	11	11	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 NW	1.1 W	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 W
Period (s)	13	7	9	8	13	8	9	9	12	9	12	8	7	8	13	8	9	8	8	8	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	16	19	11	18	18	16	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	-	1.9 WNW	-	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.8 NW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	-	8	8	8	-	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 W	2.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 W
Period(s)	8	7	9	13	7	8	8	9	13	8	8	13	13	13	7	12	8	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1012	520	438	1973	496	813	635	418	760	839	768	682	700	678	362	418	841	735	715	712	700	616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					9:57PM 1.65		11:23PM 1.24														1:40PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)													5:53AM -0.16	6:19AM 0.36		8:40AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	11	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	16	14	12	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	9	13	8	9	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	15	14	10	10	10	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	1.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 NW	1.0 WNW	1.4 NW	0.6 NW	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 W
Period (s)	13	14	13	14	7	13	13	9	13	9	8	7	13	7	15	12	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SW	1.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.8 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	11	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	6	13	14	14	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	-	1.7 NW	-	1.3 NW	-	2.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	9	13	-	8	8	-	8	8	8	-	8	-	7	-	8	6	6	6	6	7

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