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

	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thu
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.5 NW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 W	1.6 W	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	9	8	13	18	8	16	16	16	15	11	7	11
Energy(?)	950	1142	669	925	1398	1144	1168	698	306	452	390	382	205	205	422	329	326	328	336	287	371	3407
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:13PM 1.30	5:57AM 1.53		8:34PM 1.67	8:26AM 2.42		10:58PM 2.05	10:05AM 2.09		10:23PM 1.51	10:06AM 1.58		12:07AM 2.31	11:21AM 2.44		11:28PM 1.65	11:30AM 1.46		10:52PM 2.02	12:32PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	12:42PM 0.37	2:07PM -0.05	1:09AM 0.95	1:22PM -0.11		1:30AM 1.17		3:01PM -0.13	4:30AM 0.78		2:59PM -0.16	4:01AM 0.42		4:55PM 0.57		5:20AM 0.84	4:56PM 0.10		5:31AM 0.17	5:29PM 0.22		6:08AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	8	2
High °C	16	15	8	14	11	14	14	17	14	20	20	16	15	28	5	27	29	25	27	8	9	9
Low °C	10	14	4	13	10	13	12	17	14	17	19	14	13	27	5	25	28	24	26	8	9	8
Chill °C (?)	16	13	4	14	8	14	14	17	14	20	20	15	14	28	3	27	29	25	27	7	5	9
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	7:34	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-	7:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	0.4 SW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NNW	0.5 S	1.5 NW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 W	1.6 W	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	16	9	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	9	8	6	9	8	16	16	16	15	11	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	8	15	14	14	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	18	10	9	9	9	10	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 NW	-	-	1.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	0.5 W	-	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	3	-	4	4	4	4	5	-	-

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Rockaway CAL - San Mateo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	2.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	8
Energy(?)	4145	1177	1167	2026	1799	1154	1077	1507	1066	1284	500	850	1023	1352	1108	1328	1159	1043	647	959	686	1293
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:06AM 2.28								7:54AM 2.25					9:30PM 2.14				8:04AM 1.61				9:58PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			12:58PM -0.06				1:17AM 1.58				1:34PM -0.20	2:08PM -0.14				2:40AM 1.45				3:01PM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	17	22	18	19	11	13	5	9	21	13	14	10	6	10	13	16	18	13	16	14
Chill °C (?)	10	8	17	22	18	19	10	12	3	7	21	12	14	10	3	10	13	16	18	13	16	14
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	16	8	15	15	15	14	15	14	16	16	14	16	12	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 NW	-	-	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	10	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	8

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Rockaway CAL - San Mateo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	1.9 WNW	3.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2086	760	3842	1006	1023	3154	785	1576	1022	1004	806	1635	1340	2482	720	1465	1513	1568	938	1805	897	1348
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	5:06AM 2.28	6:30AM 2.32														8:35PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)																				12:42AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	7	8	12	14	18	11	11	10	11	21	12	14	13	8	13	14	13	15	12	20	13
Chill °C (?)	8	6	7	12	14	18	8	9	8	8	21	10	14	11	5	12	14	13	15	12	20	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.5 SW	3.0 NW	0.5 SW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	16	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	15	10	15	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	8	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	12	15	11	15	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 NW	-	3.5 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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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