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

	Sun		Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sun
	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	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	3	3	2	3	5	9	0	5	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.5 WNW	4.5 NW	0.8 SSW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	14	15	15	17	14	14	15	14	12	14	10	18	16	16	15	14	14	12	7	9	9	10
Energy	560	535	285	798	4751	8269	493	4678	1688	249	1000	1968	2729	1958	1444	837	1512	751	601	1131	1053	822
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:55PM 1.88		6:24AM 1.51		8:35PM 2.52	9:41AM 1.51	7:31PM 1.69	8:13PM 1.56	9:30AM 1.01		8:42PM 1.58	10:48AM 1.67		8:57PM 2.12	11:44AM 1.24		9:19PM 1.71	12:46PM 2.10		10:04PM 1.61	12:38PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		1:24AM 0.86	12:19PM 0.69		3:20AM 0.84			3:01AM -0.01		2:13PM 1.01	3:40AM -0.12		3:31PM 0.67	4:18AM 0.30		3:41PM 0.83	4:50AM -0.18	6:00AM 0.31	3:07PM 1.15		5:39AM 0.21	3:41PM 1.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	18	12	11	11	19	13	12	18	15	14	15	13	13	19	15	13	24	14	16	27
Low °C	11	12	14	12	10	10	19	12	12	16	11	12	14	11	10	18	14	11	22	9	10	26
Chill °C (?)	9	13	18	11	11	10	19	11	10	18	14	14	15	13	12	19	13	13	24	12	16	27
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 NW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	15	12	14	14	15	14	12	14	10	10	16	16	15	14	7	8	14	12	9	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	9	9	17	17	17	16	9	15	14	10	14	18	9	9	13	14	14	12	23	22	21	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.3 NW	-	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	14	-	12	-	-	-	-	7	8	7	-	7	9	-	10

	Sunday 24				Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wed
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Double Point CAL - Marin County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	3	4	5	5	7	8	9	6	0	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW
Period(s)	16	14	15	14	15	15	13	15	17	17	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13
Energy	541	560	710	679	535	848	1028	285	498	798	1266	4031	4751	6598	7512	8269	5356	493	2285	4976	4678	6533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:38PM 1.57				7:46AM 1.15					9:00PM 2.11				9:41AM 1.51				8:13PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	12:35PM 0.64				1:24AM 0.86				11:57AM 0.24					3:36AM 0.37								4:37AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	11	10	12	12	11	18	17	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	19	13	12	12	9
Chill °C (?)	12	9	11	9	11	12	11	18	16	12	11	11	11	11	8	10	11	19	11	10	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	14	15	14	15	15	13	15	17	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 S	0.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	9	8	7	9	15	14	17	9	17	15	17	17	17	15	16	15	9	9	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	14	14	14	13

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	3	4	5	5	7	8	9	6	0	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13
Energy	585	541	541	541	630	560	699	1044	710	636	503	679	540	590	535	598	848	848	626	654	1028	1034
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									7:38PM 1.57												7:46AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)		12:35PM 0.64													1:24AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	10	11	10	13	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	9	11	10	13	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	9	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	7	9	7	7	8	7	9	7	9	9	9	9	15	15	15	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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