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 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			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	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	8	9	6	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	3	4	5	4	9	7	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	18	17	16	14	15	14	16	15	14	14	13	13	10	14	14	14	11	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	2442	5133	1343	6777	4267	1487	3205	4177	2540	2172	1338	1318	1814	843	1784	8021	6851	806	2502	3729	1935	3947
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:24AM 3.22		11:06PM 1.97	9:53AM 2.32		11:47PM 1.99	9:39AM 2.62		11:52PM 1.69	10:43AM 2.18		12:39AM 2.22	11:52AM 2.62		1:28AM 2.46	10:26AM 1.60		1:20AM 2.33		1:19PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)				4:23PM 0.09		4:20AM 1.06	5:00PM -0.02			3:36PM 0.22		4:47AM 0.88	6:04PM -0.13		5:59AM 0.85	6:35PM -0.11		4:29AM 0.52			7:22AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	7	4	-	5	25	5	6	-	-	3	1	4	4	10	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	8	7	18	9	8	14	8	11	10	9	9	7	8	6	4	8	10	16	9	8	9	12
Low °C	8	7	17	8	7	13	6	9	10	8	8	7	7	4	4	6	8	15	8	7	6	10
Chill °C (?)	5	6	18	7	7	13	5	8	9	8	8	7	6	4	2	5	7	15	7	5	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:15	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	5:36	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	14	18	17	16	14	15	14	16	15	14	14	13	13	10	14	14	14	11	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.2 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WNW	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	19	13	10	16	16	14	15	13	6	6	6	13	15	16	-	13	13	15	-	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNW	-	3.0 WNW	-	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	12	-	11

	Thursday 12				Friday 13								Saturday 14								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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Turtles Washington	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	4	5	5	8	9	9	9	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.5 W	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	18	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	16	15
Energy(?)	526	1482	4653	3489	7243	8121	9034	8742	6319	5440	6556	5456	4267	3910	3908	3504	3060	1301	3760	3636	3943	3267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					10:29PM 1.84			8:56AM 2.37					11:20PM 1.89			9:46AM 2.47	10:07AM 2.49				11:47PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)						3:25AM 1.15				2:33PM 0.32				3:53AM 1.25				3:16PM -0.17	5:27PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	7	7
Temp. °C	15	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	11	18	10	9	7	7	7	8	8	13	7	8	5	5
Chill °C (?)	15	7	6	6	5	6	5	6	11	18	10	8	7	6	6	7	5	12	4	8	2	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.5 W	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	14	17	14	17	17	17	16	16	18	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.9 W	0.2 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	1.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	19	18	18	18	13	13	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	13	16	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	0.9 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-

	Thursday 12													Friday 13
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Turtles Washington	Del Monte Beach CAL - Monterey	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	4	5	5	8	9	9	9	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.2 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	21	10	15	15	18	18	18	18	17	20	17	17	17	16
Energy(?)	507	1072	1661	1232	2140	2248	2339	2454	1759	844	3256	3366	3489	5133	5133	5612	7715	897	8812	6242	9034	8914
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													10:50PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)																	2:57AM 1.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	9	7	10	8	9	9	8	9	13	10	10	7	7	7	7	8	11	8	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	14	7	4	9	5	9	9	8	7	12	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	11	7	6	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	14	10	10	14	14	14	14	11	10	15	15	14	18	18	18	17	10	17	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 W	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	20	14	14	20	20	20	20	15	16	20	20	18	13	13	13	13	15	13	16	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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