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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	Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Fri
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Spanish Bay-Dunes CAL - Monterey
Rating	6	7	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	7	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 NW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	15	14	16	15	17	14	14	13	13	15	14	15
Energy(?)	6006	2294	1304	1921	1551	1438	387	835	1174	990	1324	724	1042	505	589	1487	429	1700	2204	5167	6107	5788
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:34PM 3.01		12:10AM 1.49		1:22PM 2.90	3:35AM 2.12	11:36AM 2.16		3:34AM 1.34		3:14PM 2.50		5:45AM 2.09	2:32PM 1.84		4:37AM 1.57	3:05PM 1.59		4:49AM 1.67		7:19PM 1.78	8:22AM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)				7:25AM 1.08		8:38PM -0.51	5:16AM 1.27		7:31PM -0.24	7:37AM 1.10		10:35PM -0.15	10:51AM 1.22		10:01PM 0.35	9:48AM 1.16		10:11PM 0.45	10:44AM 1.05	1:39PM 0.93	2:02AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	27	3	5	1
High °C	13	21	16	16	21	18	17	17	15	26	26	22	21	28	11	19	18	13	15	15	15	18
Low °C	12	18	15	12	20	18	14	15	14	26	23	20	21	27	9	15	17	13	14	14	13	17
Chill °C (?)	12	21	16	16	21	18	17	17	15	26	26	22	21	28	10	19	17	12	14	14	14	17
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:39	-	-	5:58	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	14	16	15	9	14	14	10	13	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 NW	1.1 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	14	14	12	13	18	10	12	11	16	15	13	15	8	17	9	9	13	14	14	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	5	3	8	9	-	-

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	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	9	6	5	6	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	11	11
Energy(?)	8084	5836	4045	5108	4131	3729	6629	3020	1090	1041	1664	1324	1086	1222	1063	1304	1185	1087	1000	835	1017	1158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							12:18AM 1.49					1:22PM 2.90								2:14PM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)	6:35AM 0.97					7:44PM -0.61			5:08AM 1.01								4:26AM 1.17					9:34PM -0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	15	30	13	11	11	17	17	15	20	16	15	12	22	22	18	18	18	20	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	9	15	30	13	11	10	16	17	15	20	16	15	11	22	22	18	18	18	20	17	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 W	4.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 NW	0.3 SW	2.0 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	14	14	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	18	18	18	17	16	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 07																			Saturday 08
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	9	6	5	6	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	7670	4612	2307	7234	6642	6006	3742	3312	1389	1368	5359	5108	4958	2476	2621	2856	2815	2774	1897	3570	3529	3130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																			10:21PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)														5:57PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	16	11	11	12	23	24	21	21	13	13	12	17	17	18	18	18	18	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	14	16	10	10	11	23	24	21	21	13	13	12	16	16	18	18	18	18	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.3 SW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	-	14	14	10	10	10	15	11	15	15	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	14	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
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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