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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7 day 48 hour

	Wed		Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Celestino Sinaloa	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	2	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	3	3	3	5	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.8 NW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NNW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	2.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	7	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	12	12	11	10	9	10	8	12	8	8	11
Energy(?)	201	309	1711	1059	660	1392	281	547	308	257	203	1013	604	538	334	202	157	857	304	304	567	615
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:06PM		8:31AM	7:28PM		10:02AM		9:12PM	11:17AM 8:09AM		9:16PM	11:22AM		11:00PM	12:06PM		11:44PM	2:35AM		2:30PM	2:48AM
Low Tide / height (m)	11:43AM	12:40AM	1:51AM	12:12PM		2:57AM		3:03PM	4:29AM		4:08PM	4:28AM	11:43AM	4:06PM		5:32AM	5:45PM		9:00PM	7:56AM		9:06PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	29	22	14	17	21	15	18	17	15	23	21	15	19	21	16	18	18	16	16	17	15	20
Low °C	27	20	13	17	20	14	15	17	15	17	20	14	17	20	14	15	17	15	16	15	14	17
Chill °C (?)	29	22	13	17	21	15	18	17	14	23	21	15	19	21	16	18	18	16	16	17	14	20
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NNW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	2.0 WNW	1.5 NW	0.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	13	14	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	12	12	11	10	9	10	8	8	12	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.7 NW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	13	10	10	18	17	16	16	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	2.5 WNW	-	1.5 NW	2.1 NW	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	8	-	8	8	-

	Wednesday 18				Thursday 19								Friday 20
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Point Arena CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Celestino Sinaloa	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Harbor Entrance at Eureka CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Manchester Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.8 SSW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	13	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	287	212	212	201	218	309	762	1867	1711	1333	1333	1059	673	660	1535	1202	1392	1060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:41AM 1.19				6:13PM 1.78					9:03AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)	12:40AM 0.03				11:43AM 0.91					2:37AM -0.02			1:07PM 0.95					3:35AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	17	29	21	22	16	13	13	13	14	17	20	21	14	17	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	15	17	29	21	22	16	13	13	13	14	17	20	21	14	17	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	1.3 NW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	7	13	7	14	14	13	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	8	10	9	11	19	13	13	11	10	19	10	10	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	-	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.4 NW	3.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	7	7	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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