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

	Tue		Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	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	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Casas Baja Norte	La Push Washington	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	4	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	1.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WNW	1.5 W	0.8 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	7	16	16	9	16	18	17	13	15	15	16	15	16	8	8	9	13	9	9	15	16
Energy(?)	446	709	349	362	433	457	826	616	612	374	587	554	566	629	700	791	650	369	682	532	389	440
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	5:10PM 1.42	12:47AM 1.82			2:51AM 1.26			8:59PM 4:37AM 0.94 1.14		8:00PM 1.19		5:14AM 1.25						8:40AM 1.40		10:56PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)	7:47PM 1.38		5:51AM 0.59			11:30AM 0.12		10:37PM 0.93	11:16AM 0.67		11:45PM 0.91	12:41PM 0.08				3:43PM 0.34			3:03PM 0.07	4:53AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	9	-	12	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	27	19	8	16	27	14	14	16	12	11	27	10	11	8	11	30	15	12	28	15
Low °C	19	15	25	19	6	13	27	12	12	15	11	11	27	7	10	8	10	29	14	11	28	15
Chill °C (?)	20	18	27	19	5	16	27	14	14	15	12	10	27	8	10	7	9	30	14	10	28	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	7:30	-	-	7:06	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	8:09	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	6	12	16	9	8	18	17	8	15	8	16	15	7	8	16	9	13	14	9	6	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	18	13	6	12	16	16	13	8	13	7	15	8	9	16	15	11	15	5	18	14	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	6	7	6	7	-	3	4	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	8	-	-	9	-	6	6

	Tuesday 07				Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Fri
	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	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Hollywood Beach CAL - Ventura	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Casas Baja Norte	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 NW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	7	6	13	13	13	16	16	6	7	8	17	18	8	18	16	16	8	16	18
Energy(?)	168	290	502	789	579	502	296	262	496	603	347	1019	658	703	822	524	969	555	530	581	811	604
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-ebb	low-flow	mid-flow	high	high	high-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)					1:44AM 1.34								12:24AM 1.74						7:54PM 1.08	8:20PM 1.56		3:20AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)								10:24AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	16	25	17	16	15	17	22	18	28	22	20	16	22	25	11	19	14	13	10	23	16
Chill °C (?)	20	16	25	17	16	15	17	22	17	28	22	20	15	22	25	11	18	14	13	10	23	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.4 S	1.7 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 NW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	12	6	6	6	7	6	12	16	13	7	8	17	18	8	18	8	8	8	16	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 W	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 W
Period (s)	10	6	18	13	13	13	13	13	16	12	16	16	12	13	13	14	14	16	16	13	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	-	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	1.2 NW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	7	6	7	6	6	-	6	7	4	6	7	8	5	5	-	8	-	-	-	4	-

	Tuesday 07												Wednesday 08
	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	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Hollywood Beach CAL - Ventura	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Casas Baja Norte	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.7 WNW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 W	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 NW	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	6	13	12	6	13	18	12	12	8	6	18	18	8	12	13
Energy(?)	132	234	579	392	423	446	316	511	587	422	187	331	544	368	364	367	471	312	312	378	314	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)													11:44PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)																						8:55AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	29	19	19	19	18	18	17	26	18	17	15	25	25	5	16	13	13	5	25	18
Chill °C (?)	17	16	29	19	19	18	18	18	16	26	18	17	14	25	25	3	14	13	13	3	25	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.3 NW	0.8 S	0.7 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	12	6	6	13	12	12	8	13	13	13	8	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 W	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.6 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	6	18	10	18	18	7	18	12	18	13	13	11	18	18	12	11	18	18	10	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	1.2 NW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	-	7	5	5	-	6	-	-	-	6	-

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