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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	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma
Rating	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	2.4 NNW	1.3 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	15	8	8	16	15	8	16	14	7	14	14	8	8	8	9	18	16	16	16
Energy(?)	378	544	450	482	625	648	592	723	899	413	724	745	515	367	572	649	1104	618	596	866	469	411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:03AM 1.23	7:22PM 2.21	8:12PM 2.14	11:12AM 1.41		9:26PM 1.87	11:04AM 1.32		11:22PM 1.67	9:06AM 1.44		12:06AM 1.94	1:10PM 1.58		11:09PM 1.94	1:38PM 1.62		1:10AM 1.51	10:54AM 1.90		10:05PM 1.38	10:18AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			3:17AM -0.34		4:17PM 0.75	4:35AM -0.20		4:15PM 0.50			3:13PM 0.72		6:31AM -0.01	6:35PM 0.51		7:01AM 0.13				5:01PM 0.67	3:58AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	26	29	19	25	18	22	30	20	17	30	22	17	26	16	19	16	14	20	29	13	16
Low °C	15	25	28	17	24	14	21	30	18	17	30	21	16	26	14	16	15	13	18	29	12	13
Chill °C (?)	20	26	29	19	25	18	22	30	20	17	30	22	17	26	15	19	16	13	20	29	13	16
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	7:42	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:25	-	-	8:00	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 NW	0.6 SW	0.9 NW	1.2 SSW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW	0.5 SSW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 SSW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	7	15	14	15	8	14	9	15	8	8	14	7	8	14	8	8	13	9	9	16	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	11	8	11	14	10	16	9	15	16	10	16	14	21	14	13	19	14	13	9	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 NW	-	1.9 NW	-	0.3 WNW	1.6 NW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	0.4 W	-	-	2.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	5	8	-	8	-	3	8	-	-	7	-	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 20						Thursday 21								Friday 22
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	15	14
Energy(?)	671	540	312	408	907	1255	1029	1024	1089	552	629	711	1322	1574	1160	1042	1175	631	678	669	723	643
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:33AM 1.55				8:39PM 1.88				8:29AM 1.34				10:30PM 1.97								8:03PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)				2:56PM 0.89				4:07AM -0.26	5:14AM -0.18		1:56PM 0.92	4:33PM 0.83					5:54AM -0.16			2:36PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
Temp. °C	21	21	22	24	14	24	23	23	16	31	21	18	16	15	19	14	15	20	22	21	27	27
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	24	13	24	23	23	16	31	21	18	16	15	19	14	15	20	22	21	27	27
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:52	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NW	0.7 SW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	6	15	15	15	15	8	8	8	8	14	9	14	8	8	8	8	8	17	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 NW	0.7 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	15	10	6	11	18	14	14	14	14	17	14	16	14	14	13	14	13	13	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	-	1.3 WNW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 WNW	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	7	7	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	9	9

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	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	7	8	7	7	7	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	629	509	328	356	544	423	443	468	439	453	490	497	491	744	738	777	602	591	471	471	450	444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						10:03AM 1.23											9:43PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)																					1:54AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	17	16	25	25	28	18	30	21	24	20	18	17	16	16	16	20	20	28	28
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	17	16	25	25	28	17	30	21	24	20	18	16	16	15	15	20	20	28	28
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	6	15	15	6	9	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 NW	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 S	0.5 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	16	10	6	15	16	10	10	11	11	8	10	11	9	9	17	9	11	11	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	1.2 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	0.5 W	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	6	-	-	6	6	6	7	6	5	7	6	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	5	5

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