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

	Sat		Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Sat
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	5	8	1	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	0.9 SSW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 NW	1.0 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s)	16	8	16	14	15	13	12	14	14	16	12	12	12	11	10	16	16	15	14	8	13	13
Energy	477	651	585	640	535	557	461	4725	7132	350	3507	1398	1580	3031	3286	2463	3006	1478	735	1192	725	1788
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	6:48PM 2.03		6:10AM 1.75	7:56PM 2.46		8:05AM 1.98		9:00PM 2.11	9:41AM 1.51		9:10PM 2.56	9:48AM 1.03		8:28PM 2.09	10:47AM 1.65		9:58PM 1.76	11:13AM 1.89		9:36PM 1.61	11:53AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		1:15AM 1.25	12:35PM 0.64		1:24AM 0.86	1:58PM 0.95		3:36AM 0.37			4:06AM 0.65		2:13PM 1.01	3:41AM 0.39		3:50PM 0.69			3:41PM 0.83	4:49AM -0.23	5:01AM 0.24	4:02PM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	11	11	17	11	15	18	14	15	12	12	12	16	13	18	23
Low °C	13	11	11	13	11	10	13	11	11	17	9	11	17	11	14	12	10	11	16	10	12	22
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	16	8	15	18	13	15	12	12	11	16	13	18	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:25	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	0.9 SSW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	3.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	9	14	15	13	12	14	14	16	12	12	14	11	10	16	16	9	14	8	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	7	9	14	15	17	15	9	16	14	10	14	18	14	14	15	9	14	14	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	2.2 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	14	-	-	12	-	10	9	9	-	-	8	8	13

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	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NW	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW
Period(s)	8	16	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	14
Energy	581	477	629	654	651	762	1042	585	543	640	1044	535	535	1036	1028	557	512	461	1191	3190	4725	5772
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:11PM 2.38				7:01AM 1.64								7:46AM 1.15	8:05AM 1.98				9:00PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)	12:14PM 0.57				1:15AM 1.25				12:35PM 0.64				1:24AM 0.86				1:58PM 0.95					3:36AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	13	13	13	10	12	12	9	11	12	13	13	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	10	11	11	10	12	12	12	9	11	11	8	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW
Period (s)	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	14	14	9	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	7	15	9	15	14	14	15	15	15	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW
Period(s)	16	8	8	16	16	16	8	8	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16
Energy	535	581	581	430	465	477	597	565	514	627	658	654	621	632	651	651	762	762	687	996	1042	577
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					7:01AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		12:14PM 0.57													1:15AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	13	12	13	14	13	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	13	12	13	14	13	11	11	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	10	8	8	7	8	10	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	16	10	10	10	10	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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