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 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Pleasure Point-Second Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	18	16	16	16	16	15	7	10	10	9	14	9	8	15	8	8	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	729	369	746	866	854	555	703	566	804	1855	1651	698	586	755	594	389	405	762	377	410	479	376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			1:27AM 1.60			4:57AM 1.19		7:09PM 1.09											10:31AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	8:19AM 0.67			11:16AM 0.67		11:18PM 0.84	12:24PM 0.08		12:17AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	17	7	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	22	27	28	13	19	27	11	11	14	11	17	14	11	31	16	12	27	27	16	26
Low °C	17	19	20	25	27	11	18	26	11	11	14	9	17	13	7	27	15	11	24	25	16	24
Chill °C (?)	18	20	22	27	28	13	19	27	8	8	13	11	17	12	8	31	16	10	27	27	14	26
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:40	-	-	6:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	16	18	16	16	16	16	15	16	10	10	9	14	14	14	6	16	7	6	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	18	6	5	5	12	12	15	6	11	15	15	15	11	18	18	15	13	13	14	19	19	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	4	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	9	8	6	8	8	6	6	7	6

	Thursday 09						Friday 10								Saturday 11
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	822	729	858	832	1066	605	547	600	549	837	529	854	740	712	750	749	582	555	600	637	526	558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	flow	flow	flow
High Tide / height (m)								3:20AM 1.14					8:00PM 1.19			3:39AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)		9:48AM 0.76									12:50PM 0.61				12:16AM 1.12				1:56PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	18	19	20	23	17	17	17	17	26	14	28	25	24	24	24	16	12	11	19	22	25
Chill °C (?)	25	18	19	20	23	17	17	17	17	26	13	28	25	24	24	24	16	10	10	19	22	25
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	18	8	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 NW	0.4 WNW	0.7 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	18	8	11	13	5	5	5	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	5	7	12	8	8	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	0.7 SW	-	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	4	4	5	5	6	-	5	-	4	4	-

	Thursday 09																		Friday 10
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	17	18	16	16	16	16	18	16	18	18	17	17	17	18	16	14	18	18	16
Energy(?)	715	483	483	566	651	258	279	323	321	829	480	826	824	749	740	727	593	476	536	682	746	810
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																					1:05AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)						10:34AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	16	17	17	26	19	20	20	20	26	15	27	26	24	24	24	18	13	13	19	21	24
Chill °C (?)	23	16	17	16	26	19	20	20	20	26	14	27	26	24	24	24	18	12	13	19	21	24
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 NNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	17	8	8	8	18	7	6	6	6	18	8	18	18	17	17	17	18	16	8	18	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	17	17	17	13	16	16	16	16	13	16	13	13	13	13	13	5	8	14	10	5	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	6	4	4	4	-	-	-	7	5	4

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