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

	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Dry Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	3.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.9 W	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	22	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	15	12	14	14	12	11	11	13	12	13	12	8	10	10
Energy(?)	803	2134	2776	3396	3194	1769	1627	1952	1573	547	883	687	376	451	374	2743	454	711	392	385	806	564
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:48PM 1.95	7:16AM 1.87		10:30PM 1.64	9:56AM 3.02		9:56PM 1.59	8:32AM 2.50		10:54PM 1.61	9:26AM 2.08		12:41AM 1.46	10:14AM 2.04		1:08AM 1.40	11:05AM 1.94		2:01AM 1.39	11:56AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)		3:29PM 0.10	2:54AM 0.84		3:54PM -0.28	3:18AM 0.80		3:13PM -0.04	2:14AM 1.13		5:32PM -0.34	3:04AM 1.19		4:36PM -0.55		4:08AM 1.01	5:26PM -0.50		5:05AM 1.03	6:17PM -0.40		6:02AM 1.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	16	10	16	17	12	11	16	16	16	8	17	20	13	12	13	13	18	17	19	12	12	15
Low °C	12	8	15	17	11	10	13	16	15	8	16	19	12	12	13	12	15	16	16	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	8	16	17	11	11	16	15	16	7	17	20	12	10	13	13	18	17	19	11	12	15
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	4:37	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	3.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.9 W	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	11	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	15	12	14	14	12	11	11	13	12	13	12	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.6 NW	0.1 SW	0.6 W	1.1 NW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	22	10	11	10	12	11	11	10	14	6	14	13	6	6	7	13	14	6	6	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	5	-	-

	Monday 01						Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 W	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	21	20	20	20	18	18	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1221	1561	1713	1236	3121	3486	3063	3134	3330	3396	1954	3024	2049	2002	3001	1666	1431	1627	1433	1283	1124	1208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:33AM 2.70				9:25PM 1.58				7:06AM 2.31				9:21PM 1.24				7:56AM 1.98				9:56PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				1:28PM 0.00								2:24PM 0.15				1:36AM 0.78				3:00PM -0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	7	10	16	11	10	9	16	16	17	13	15	13	11	9	10	10	13	16	16	13	14
Chill °C (?)	5	6	10	16	11	9	9	16	16	17	12	14	13	11	8	9	8	13	16	16	12	13
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 W	2.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	11	20	20	20	18	18	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NNW	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.6 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	1.1 NW
Period (s)	21	11	10	11	6	6	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 01	Tuesday 02
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	2.0 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	21	21	21	11	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Energy(?)	1066	1058	1221	651	1764	1764	1542	1292	1207	1207	1383	1636	1168	1326	3029	1449	1424	1586	1728	1682	1834	2979
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					8:09AM 2.26												8:10PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)										1:36PM 0.40											12:47AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	6	8	9	10	8	16	16	16	13	15	15	14	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	3	3	5	6	9	10	7	16	16	16	12	15	15	14	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	2.0 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	20	20	20	11	11	11	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	21	21	21	22	6	6	11	21	21	21	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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