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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	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bean Hollow State Beach CAL - San Mateo
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.5 W	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 W	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	12	13	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	11	12	11	10	12	13	15
Energy(?)	742	1492	6485	1800	1924	968	1436	1572	3048	1173	1470	1245	1709	698	1043	381	886	1073	735	1582	3606	796
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:55PM 3.05	3:27AM 2.30		2:14PM 2.50		4:19AM 2.33	4:30PM 2.30		6:03AM 2.14	3:21PM 1.55		5:00AM 1.89	5:55PM 1.87		5:35AM 1.95	6:17PM 1.36		6:07AM 2.00		9:10PM 1.84	6:38AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)			8:30PM 0.11	8:37AM 1.45		9:20PM 0.32	9:52AM 1.41		10:53PM 0.16	12:19PM 0.80		10:32PM 0.27	11:34AM 0.95		11:45PM 1.01	12:35PM 0.78		11:21PM 0.94		2:04PM 0.36	2:28AM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	13	14	16	19	20	22	13	21	21	16	20	19	17	15	12	11	13	14	12	18
Low °C	13	12	10	12	15	19	15	20	12	18	17	15	20	16	16	14	11	11	12	13	11	17
Chill °C (?)	15	13	10	13	16	19	20	22	12	21	21	16	20	19	17	15	11	9	12	14	11	18
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.1 SW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	3.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.7 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 W	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	13	18	13	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	11	12	11	10	12	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	1.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	12	-	12	16	7	15	15	-	15	14	13	13	13	12	5	16	16	16	10	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

	Monday 08						Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	2.3 W	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	14	12	14	12	14	13	12	13
Energy(?)	592	1624	880	1492	1658	1657	1631	4359	3958	3576	1102	1892	1100	2100	2467	1249	1634	1268	1599	3794	3290	1426
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				1:17PM 2.73					4:11AM 2.25		12:56PM 1.97	1:42PM 1.77				3:32AM 1.76				2:49PM 1.66	4:07PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		7:32AM 2.36				8:30PM 0.11				9:48AM 0.93				9:20PM 0.32				8:47AM 1.23				9:08PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	12	9	15	13	12	12	12	9	12	11	22	13	18	14	14	19	19	22	23	19	10	21
Chill °C (?)	12	7	15	13	12	12	12	7	12	10	22	12	18	14	14	19	19	22	23	19	10	21
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	2.3 W	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 WNW	3.5 W	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	14	12	14	12	14	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	-	12	12	12	12	12	8	7	7	12	12	6	14	12	16	16	15	11	15	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	0.3 NNE	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-

	Monday 08																			Tuesday 09
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Turtles Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	2.1 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.0 W	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	556	1248	592	609	721	742	742	3393	2653	3446	272	778	267	1658	1658	280	285	381	356	1132	4028	329
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	off	glass	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				7:30AM 1.46												7:30PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	12	11	12	13	14	13	13	13	19	12	17	12	12	17	17	17	17	12	9	17
Chill °C (?)	12	9	12	10	12	13	14	10	10	10	19	11	16	12	12	16	17	17	17	11	6	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	2.1 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.9 WNW	4.0 W	0.9 NW
Period (s)	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	13	13	11	6	6	6	12	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	11	-	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	12	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	0.9 NW	-	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	6	-	6	-	-	6	-	6	6	-	-	6

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