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

	Thu		Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	11	10	9	9	11	10	9	12	20	18	9
Energy(?)	1034	2216	818	1597	1191	706	813	1396	1101	1189	604	483	565	1580	1305	952	623	575	993	767	835	701
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:56AM 2.37	11:50AM 1.16		12:17AM 1.48		1:13PM 1.06	12:39AM 1.90		2:23PM 0.97	1:14AM 1.47		4:09PM 1.31	2:00AM 1.80			3:41AM 1.66			8:19PM 1.54	6:02AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	6:57PM 0.31	7:58PM 0.25	5:53AM 0.19	5:49PM 0.46		6:46AM 0.22	6:14PM 0.66		7:19AM 0.26	6:30PM 0.83		8:59AM 0.67		7:04PM 1.27	10:17AM 0.67		9:12PM 1.05	11:31AM 0.62		11:43PM 1.33		1:57PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	12	16	17	15	19	10	10	17	19	16	23	21	18	23	8	12	20	11	10	24	18
Low °C	12	11	13	14	14	18	9	9	15	14	15	22	15	16	22	7	11	16	11	8	23	15
Chill °C (?)	16	10	16	16	14	19	9	10	17	19	16	23	21	18	23	5	12	20	10	8	24	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	3.0 NW	1.8 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.3 S	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.2 S	1.8 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 S
Period (s)	16	10	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	11	12	10	9	11	10	9	12	11	10	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.1 NW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.3 NW	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.4 NW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	13	13	15	16	12	15	9	12	16	11	14	20	22	20	20	20	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	6	-	9

	Thursday 05				Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sun
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Port Orford Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	11	13	13
Energy(?)	2128	2024	3360	3460	1293	1114	1013	1779	1006	2267	2004	1273	1191	1071	904	706	1079	537	1016	1193	1605	1532
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:56PM 2.08	1:39PM 2.15			11:54PM 1.48				11:40AM 1.19				12:08AM 1.93					1:09PM 1.50				2:46AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)			5:07PM 0.19				6:03AM 0.21				5:49PM 0.46				6:57AM 0.63					8:31PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	13	11	11	10	9	16	18	19	15	15	15	14	14	18	20	19	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	9	12	10	11	9	8	16	18	19	15	14	15	14	14	18	20	19	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 05	Friday 06
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Port Orford Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2301	2343	818	904	997	1034	1113	2106	1272	1357	1312	4673	4715	4650	2216	2257	1170	2135	913	883	878	756
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)														11:40PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)								5:24PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	10	8	16	18	18	17	16	12	14	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	7	12	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	6	15	18	17	16	15	9	13	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	4	10	6	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.1 W	3.0 NW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	12	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	18	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-

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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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