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

	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Klamath Rivermouth CAL - Del Norte County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1396	1122	2411	680	717	606	399	729	610	573	1271	1490	1172	1209	1727	1086	1477	791	553	1068	1007	932
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:43AM 2.24		9:29PM 1.78	12:41PM 2.68		10:08PM 2.14	10:27AM 1.84		10:12PM 1.94	12:10PM 2.48		12:43AM 1.95	11:58AM 2.11		11:40PM 1.76	11:38AM 1.95		12:26AM 1.65	1:02PM 1.69		2:29AM 2.14	1:31PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		3:29PM 0.69	4:15AM -0.01	5:42AM -0.06	3:00PM 0.84	4:45AM 0.45		4:14PM 0.78	4:35AM 0.51	5:53AM 0.61	6:37PM 0.37		5:46AM 0.69	6:17PM 0.64		5:28AM 0.78	6:13PM 0.55		7:10AM 0.60	7:54PM 0.18	8:08PM 0.58	7:12AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	14	17	19	16	17	17	15	20	17	14	20	19	15	19	18	18	20	16	12	15
Low °C	17	18	14	14	19	15	15	16	14	16	16	12	16	17	14	15	17	16	17	16	11	12
Chill °C (?)	19	18	14	17	19	16	17	17	15	20	16	13	20	19	15	19	18	18	20	15	10	14
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Westport-The Corner Washington	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	11	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1182	1627	2113	1192	504	1260	1241	1114	1006	1217	1428	1221	606	608	693	641	595	552	593	508	372	400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)								8:40PM 2.04								9:28PM 2.00					11:43AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		3:34AM -0.05				3:27PM 1.13				4:44AM 0.44	5:04AM -0.06			4:15PM 0.99				4:05AM 0.40	5:09AM 0.08			4:59PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	14	22	16	18	17	17	15	14	16	18	17	18	18	18	18	16	17	19	17
Chill °C (?)	14	13	15	13	22	16	18	17	17	15	14	16	18	17	18	18	18	18	16	17	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	1.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	9	10	10	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 S	0.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	12	15	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 18
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Westport-The Corner Washington	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 WNW	0.8 S	2.5 NW	0.7 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	11	15	9	15	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	10	10
Energy(?)	1007	1101	1210	1228	492	2115	532	535	534	1522	2370	2414	1393	1336	957	1031	1056	1122	288	206	2297	1657
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																2:47PM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	13	18	17	18	18	18	16	15	16	19	19	18	19	19	18	16	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	11	18	16	18	18	18	16	15	16	19	19	18	19	19	18	15	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	2.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	0.7 SSW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	8	12	12	11	10	10	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	15	15	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	11	14	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.0 NNW	0.6 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	5	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-

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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
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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