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 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Ghost Tree CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South
Rating	5	7	7	8	6	5	5	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.4 NW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	16	15	15	14	15	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	8	8	11	14	10	11
Energy(?)	2582	7633	6638	8061	7570	4528	3668	7728	2650	5719	2984	1221	1073	3146	1332	1198	1735	1060	566	344	467	1596
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:35PM 2.34		2:22AM 2.12	1:11PM 2.53		3:32AM 1.55	1:55PM 2.04		4:25AM 1.49		3:12PM 2.36		5:28AM 1.45	3:13PM 1.91		6:51AM 1.50	2:34PM 1.74		7:30AM 1.23	3:53PM 1.69		8:00AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				7:20AM 1.43		8:39PM -0.05	8:09AM 1.05		9:21PM -0.00	8:45AM 1.13		11:00PM 0.10	9:32AM 1.20		11:03PM 0.11	8:39AM 1.49		12:19AM 0.34	11:39AM 1.12		1:01AM 0.17	1:17PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	14	4	3	-	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	1	13	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	15	20	11	19	14	15	17	11	15	15	18	13	12	13	12	22	29	19	12
Low °C	11	14	14	14	16	9	17	14	13	14	11	12	11	18	8	11	12	11	18	27	15	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	13	20	10	19	12	15	16	9	15	15	17	11	10	13	12	22	29	19	12
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:10	-	-	5:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	18	16	15	15	14	15	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	14	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	1.0 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	20	14	14	-	20	8	18	18	18	19	8	16	17	17	16	15	16	16	15	12	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NW	-	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.0 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	8	8	8	6	-	6	-

	Thursday 23						Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	5	6	5	5	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	6.0 WNW	5.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	19	13	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	3314	5360	3654	4737	7897	6877	6638	6393	6231	6667	6303	7434	7226	6378	5877	3923	3887	3166	1804	3355	13599	11860
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:40PM 2.57					2:46AM 1.62				2:04PM 2.30				2:26AM 1.46			12:14PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	7:59AM 0.81					8:02PM -0.06			7:37AM 0.96					8:39PM -0.05			6:02AM 1.32	8:51AM 1.16				9:00PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	21	5	1	-	-	-	8	1	-	1	1
Temp. °C	12	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	14	18	11	11	15	14	14	16	17	9	16	18	12	11
Chill °C (?)	11	14	15	15	12	14	13	13	13	18	10	10	14	14	13	16	17	6	16	18	11	9
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	6.0 WNW	5.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	2.0 W	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	20	19	19	18	14	14	14	14	14	20	8	8	20	19	19	13	13	8	18	18	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	5	6	5	5	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	4.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	17	18	17	17	13	13	15	18	18	16	16
Energy(?)	2569	2990	1862	2196	4059	2919	3271	3831	4209	4209	7336	9180	7301	6951	7066	1934	2148	7235	1486	3170	6638	4044
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:00PM 2.11														2:22AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	16	16	13	14	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	12	12	14	14	14	14	15	12	14	14	14	14	15	15	10	14	15	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	4.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.9 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	17	18	17	17	13	13	15	13	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	21	21	21	21	20	21	20	20	19	19	13	21	14	14	14	20	19	21	18	18	14	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.8 S	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	4	6	4	5	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
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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