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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	Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	12	14	12	10	10	10	18	18	18	15	15	10
Energy(?)	5661	5180	4443	5010	4201	4515	1673	1700	1911	1335	585	924	365	779	673	1165	589	755	466	722	1029	1478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:36PM 2.37		2:49AM 1.96		1:02PM 2.46	3:35AM 1.94		1:07PM 2.05		4:24AM 1.94			5:13AM 1.98	2:02PM 1.52		5:03AM 1.44	3:32PM 2.07		5:04AM 1.73	3:39PM 1.52		5:31AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			7:46PM -0.11	7:45AM 1.09		8:26PM -0.06	8:00AM 1.36		9:08PM 0.01	8:52AM 1.39		8:13PM 0.42	9:58AM 1.37		9:32PM 0.09	10:04AM 1.01		11:06PM 0.15	10:50AM 1.21		10:12PM 0.23	11:54AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	14	11	12	13	16	9	15	19	9	20	14	7	11	16	19	17	19	16	13	17
Low °C	10	10	13	10	12	12	14	8	14	19	8	19	11	6	10	14	15	15	19	12	11	17
Chill °C (?)	12	11	13	9	12	11	16	9	14	19	8	20	14	6	10	16	19	17	19	15	12	17
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:09	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	4:42	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	12	14	12	10	10	10	18	6	18	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 NW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	14	13	15	13	13	5	15	12	13	12	20	18	11	18	11	12	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	9	8	10

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	5799	6294	6513	6147	5651	5180	5101	5578	4876	4917	3902	3787	5465	5081	4585	4528	3384	3864	3508	3508	1500	1391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		2:06AM 1.99			12:27PM 2.52					2:49AM 1.96								3:13AM 1.56			11:28AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			6:41AM 1.27	7:08AM 1.06				7:21PM -0.17			4:41AM 1.37					7:17PM -0.06			5:20AM 1.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	8	10	12	11	10	10	10	10	13	16	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	9	7	7	10	12	11	10	9	9	8	12	16	10	9	10	10	12	12	12	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	16	15	13	13	15	16	16	16	16	13	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	6

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	14	16	16	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	17	17	16	16
Energy(?)	4516	4450	4882	6448	5448	6294	6342	5475	6513	6350	2596	2301	5651	6056	6364	6285	5056	5938	4678	4865	2192	2166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					2:06AM 1.99									11:07AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)									6:41AM 1.27											6:00PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	10	8	8	16	17	11	13	13	13	12	11	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	9	7	7	7	9	7	7	16	17	11	12	12	12	11	10	14	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	14	16	16	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.6 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	19	19	18	18	13	13	13	18	13	13	12	12	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
Costa Rica	Louisiana	The Bahamas
El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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