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 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Beer Can Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	1.4 WNW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	12	14	13	13	12	11	10	14	14	9	9	8	8	8	6	14	7	8	9	10
Energy(?)	430	566	1138	2683	1974	1232	1186	805	517	190	265	288	265	219	192	175	424	259	527	1436	518	1186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:25AM 2.42		10:33PM 1.99	9:23AM 2.61		11:12PM 2.14	9:47AM 2.38		11:47PM 2.27	11:13AM 2.63		12:19AM 2.38	12:01PM 2.56		12:42AM 2.36	11:59AM 2.55		1:19AM 2.50		1:31PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)		10:46PM 1.18		3:40PM -0.16	3:27AM 1.09		4:30PM -0.22			4:42PM -0.23		5:16AM 0.70	5:51PM -0.16		6:02AM 0.53	6:26PM -0.04		5:58AM 0.81	6:34PM 0.09		7:27AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	7	16	10	7	15	10	8	14	17	13	13	17	12	16	17	12	25	13	8	17	17
Low °C	8	6	14	8	5	15	9	8	11	14	11	12	15	11	14	16	11	23	10	6	14	13
Chill °C (?)	7	6	15	8	5	15	8	7	14	16	13	13	17	11	16	17	10	25	11	5	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 WSW	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	12	14	13	13	12	11	10	8	10	9	9	8	8	8	6	7	13	8	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	12	9	8	9	11	10	9	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	12	12	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	2.4 NW	-	2.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	7	8	-	10

	Thursday 26				Friday 27								Saturday 28								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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	9	9	10	11	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	213	224	528	513	566	822	1380	1740	2402	2541	2493	2280	1974	1723	1545	1272	1193	1085	1285	955	805	677
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:46PM 1.84				8:16AM 2.55					10:33PM 1.99			9:23AM 2.61					11:12PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)						2:13AM 1.23				3:09PM -0.17				3:27AM 1.09				3:44PM 0.24	4:04PM -0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	31	7	7	7	6	6	8	16	15	8	7	6	6	5	8	12	16	13	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	15	31	6	6	6	4	4	8	15	13	6	5	4	4	3	6	12	16	13	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	7	18	9	9	10	11	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	13	9	9	9	12	12	8	18	18	18	8	8	12	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 N	0.8 NNW	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	18	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	12
Energy(?)	218	188	426	376	403	430	442	430	177	175	507	513	533	542	566	607	434	180	207	1143	1380	1401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												9:46PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		11:44AM 0.32			2:40PM -0.07												2:10AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	31	9	10	10	9	9	8	11	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	12	12	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	12	31	8	8	8	7	7	6	9	8	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	11	5	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.7 WNW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	7	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	18	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	8	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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