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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7 day 48 hour

	Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sun
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	The Patch CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	3.5 NNW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	14	10	10	18	9	9	16	16	16	15	15	15	9	9	9	14	14	14	8	8
Energy(?)	356	795	356	2292	1040	490	1052	1202	597	575	724	339	505	249	714	449	565	163	243	204	242	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)			12:27AM 2.01		3:10PM 1.92	2:02AM 2.00		4:10PM 2.42	3:42AM 2.18		5:10PM 2.07	12:25AM 1.15		5:51PM 2.17		6:37AM 1.39	5:55PM 1.85		7:40AM 1.05	3:33PM 1.53		9:21AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	8:35AM -0.29	3:47PM 0.77		8:18AM 0.30		8:29PM 1.20	9:26AM 0.49		10:07PM 1.17	10:04AM 0.69			10:26AM 0.38		12:41AM 0.34	11:56AM 0.60		1:15AM 0.13	11:54AM 0.71		2:21AM -0.06	1:39PM 1.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	29	15	14	29	16	13	28	30	29	29	29	20	14	16	14	19	30	20	12	19
Low °C	13	17	27	14	14	27	13	13	27	28	29	27	28	20	12	13	13	18	28	19	11	14
Chill °C (?)	16	17	29	14	13	29	16	12	28	30	29	29	29	20	14	16	13	19	30	20	10	19
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:49	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:46	-	-	6:57	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	9	14	16	10	18	9	9	16	16	16	15	15	15	9	9	9	14	14	14	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 W	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	9	10	13	13	15	15	12	10	20	18	10	12	16	15	15	4	9	10	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WNW	3.5 NNW	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	10	-	4	-	-	4	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	-	-

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	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	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NNW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	15	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	10	9
Energy(?)	566	419	321	356	314	307	995	1137	1162	1254	2007	351	730	2523	2648	2910	1351	1500	1657	540	1316	1112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	on
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:23AM 2.21					2:37PM 1.85			1:53AM 2.53					3:59PM 1.87				2:11AM 1.60				4:10PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)		4:14AM 0.13	7:07AM 0.19					8:11PM 1.39								9:24PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	27	17	16	16	16	15	14	15	16	14	30	15	14	13	12	11	11	12	30	14	16
Chill °C (?)	10	27	17	16	16	16	15	14	15	16	14	30	15	14	13	12	11	11	12	30	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NNW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.4 SW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	9	15	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	14	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	18	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	10	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	9	14	14	16	13	15	16	15	13	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	4.0 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	4	-	-

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