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

	Mon	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington
Rating	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	1.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	1.6 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 S	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	22	12	12	13	11	12	12	10	11	11	16	9	11	21	20	20	18	18	18	10	12	11
Energy(?)	506	760	1754	1674	1085	2050	1662	1536	1258	1678	558	582	799	632	1136	1266	1381	1726	1254	851	656	1580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:55AM 1.45			4:03AM 1.75			10:30PM 1.26			9:47PM 1.17	7:27AM 2.24		10:20PM 1.95	8:32AM 2.30		9:41PM 1.57	8:11AM 1.48		9:27PM 1.62	8:57AM 1.99		10:18PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		10:46AM 0.29			12:04PM 0.26			12:31PM 0.64		1:16AM 1.03		3:09PM 0.68	2:49AM 1.62		3:03PM -0.07	2:21AM 1.19		3:16PM -0.12	2:32AM 1.00		3:50PM 0.37	3:46AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	10	7	21	19	18	7	24	13	21	22	12	27	27	23	26	26	22	9	18	10
Low °C	17	16	9	6	15	18	16	6	23	8	15	20	10	24	27	23	24	26	19	9	18	10
Chill °C (?)	20	17	7	4	21	19	18	4	24	12	21	22	10	27	27	23	26	26	22	7	18	9
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	2.4 NW	2.2 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 S	1.9 NW	2.2 WNW	0.8 S	1.5 NW	1.2 WNW	0.6 S	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	22	21	12	13	11	19	12	10	18	10	8	16	11	13	20	20	18	18	18	10	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 S	1.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	6	14	14	20	18	19	9	15	18	16	14	16	21	13	12	12	14	9	20	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.5 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.9 S	0.2 NNW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	4	12	-	-	-	12	-	-	11	11	-	9	6	4	4	4	4	4	-	5	6	4

	Mon		Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 S	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	20	20	21	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2318	2553	2123	2188	2397	802	910	724	2578	2168	1674	1536	1410	1245	2212	3048	2658	1243	3733	1427	1430	1314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:59AM 1.79			11:14AM 0.80						5:05AM 2.25					9:32PM 0.94			5:19AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)															1:08PM 0.22			10:38PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	11	9	23	23	17	13	11	6	6	6	11	22	25	19	17	18	18	18	23
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	10	9	23	23	16	12	11	4	4	4	11	22	25	19	17	18	18	18	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	20	20	11	9	10	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	14	14	21	22	22	14	18	18	18	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	-	2.3 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	12	13	13	-	13	-	-	-

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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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	22	22	24	10	10	13	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	794	869	745	783	2415	384	401	159	2696	2696	1755	1929	1870	1696	618	2479	2006	757	1132	1592	1592	1563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						10:40PM 1.44		12:08AM 1.80		2:55AM 1.45		4:13AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)				8:01PM 1.26															11:02AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	12	13	11	19	18	16	10	10	6	6	6	6	10	14	13	14	14	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	13	11	19	18	14	10	10	2	2	3	3	10	13	13	14	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	10	22	22	6	10	10	13	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	16	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	-	-	-	3.0 NW	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	10	4	4	6	10	10	8	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	10	10	10

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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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