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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	Fri	Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Turtles Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Bill's Bowls CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	9	9	8	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	6	9	9	9	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	3.0 SW	2.2 W	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	5.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	10	12	13	16	15	13	16	13	12
Energy(?)	3199	12161	10250	7299	5356	5565	4947	4309	2850	1892	1675	1429	433	2901	3034	6146	9901	10351	5942	3603	7441	4117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:57AM 1.45		11:05PM 2.07	10:03AM 2.09		10:00PM 1.06	10:58AM 2.68		10:36PM 1.50	11:33AM 2.86		12:56AM 2.11	12:10PM 2.98		2:04AM 2.31	12:50PM 3.04		2:46AM 2.10	1:34PM 3.01		3:35AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 0.16	12:02PM 0.61	4:05PM 0.71	4:52AM 1.19		4:22PM 0.28	4:18AM 0.20		4:16PM 0.01	3:55AM 0.48	5:22AM 0.59	6:47PM -0.29		6:04AM 0.72	7:12PM -0.56		6:48AM 0.85	7:54PM -0.62	8:21PM -0.54	7:35AM 0.97		8:44PM -0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	20	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	8	1	1	-	-	10	-	3	-
High °C	15	15	13	12	11	13	10	12	12	9	14	17	16	15	16	16	19	18	14	18	12	10
Low °C	15	14	13	10	11	12	9	11	11	8	14	17	16	15	15	15	15	17	13	17	11	8
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	12	11	12	8	12	11	8	13	17	16	13	16	16	19	18	12	17	10	9
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:33	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 SW	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	5.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	16	15	13	16	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.3 SSE	2.2 W	2.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	-	2.5 NW
Period (s)	20	20	16	18	18	15	16	15	16	15	14	13	13	8	12	17	12	16	16	14	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

	Fri		Saturday 01								Sunday 02								Monday 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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	9	7	9	9	4	9	7	6	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.7 SSW	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.7 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	18	18	17	18	17	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1320	1780	13616	8761	9253	11762	3092	10250	8106	7372	7299	7140	6285	5054	5077	5283	5154	5274	5350	4699	3895	3440
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:32PM 1.25					9:32AM 1.92				8:33PM 1.45				10:25AM 2.48				10:53PM 2.14	11:02PM 1.98			10:58AM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)				4:14AM 1.03				4:01PM 0.67				4:24AM 0.27				4:53PM 0.27				4:39AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	24	13	11	16	18	19	13	16	15	11	11	10	11	10	11	10	9	10	9	8	10
Chill °C (?)	16	24	12	10	16	18	19	13	16	15	11	11	9	11	9	11	8	7	9	8	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.7 SSW	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.7 W	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	18	18	17	18	17	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	-	2.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.5 W	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	20	9	22	-	13	20	13	16	18	18	18	15	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	11	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	9	7	9	9	4	9	7	6	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SW	3.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W
Period(s) (?)	20	19	14	14	14	14	20	13	14	14	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	837	1309	4373	2792	1749	1932	771	6038	1557	1862	12846	13869	14119	13165	13314	13057	12374	12161	13420	12893	11698	11227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	9:53AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)									1:53AM 0.21		3:11AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	4	1	3	-	5	5	-	1	-	-
High °C	17	25	13	13	15	15	15	14	12	12	15	15	15	16	10	14	15	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	25	11	12	15	15	15	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	6	11	13	12	11	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 W	3.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W
Period (s)	20	19	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 SW	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	9	18	22	16	16	20	20	20	20	20	16	16	20	20	-	20	20	20	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.4 W	1.2 S	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	-	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	10	3	7	-	-	-	7	5	8	8	6	7	7	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
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