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 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 NW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.9 NW	0.7 SW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	11	12	11	8	8	9	10	8	11	11	11	12	12	10	7	16	7	9	11
Energy(?)	239	940	670	818	529	421	493	658	1808	586	708	2146	1858	2237	778	467	1329	750	659	555	1760	1546
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	1:28PM 2.37		12:24AM 1.76	12:10PM 1.78	2:26PM 2.15	2:23AM 2.52		3:09PM 2.15	2:42AM 2.56		2:58PM 1.27	2:12AM 1.87		3:50PM 1.08	2:01AM 1.63		5:43PM 1.09	3:20AM 1.65		7:21PM 1.16	3:55AM 0.74
Low Tide / height (m)		7:22PM 0.20		6:00AM 0.46		8:31PM 0.31	8:50AM -0.14		8:34PM 0.53	9:31AM -0.20	7:59PM 0.73		9:28AM -0.16	7:36PM 0.88		9:40AM 0.39		8:48PM 1.00	9:53AM 0.56		9:42PM 0.01	12:37PM -0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	17	15	17	25	18	19	21	10	16	11	7	12	22	15	21	13	20	19	21	19	13
Low °C	23	16	14	15	24	15	14	21	7	10	11	7	8	21	13	17	11	18	18	21	14	10
Chill °C (?)	27	16	15	17	25	18	19	21	7	16	9	3	11	22	15	21	10	20	19	21	19	12
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	7:25	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 NW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.5 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	12	10	11	11	12	11	8	11	14	10	8	11	11	11	12	12	18	7	11	16	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 W	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 NNW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	5	12	10	11	16	7	11	14	22	14	14	15	15	16	19	18	10	17	16	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	2.5 WSW	1.9 NW	-	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	11	5	-	10	7	-	7	9	-

	Thursday 19						Friday 20								Saturday 21
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.9 NW	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.5 NW	1.9 NW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	10	13	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	7	12	12	12	8	8	14	8	8	9
Energy(?)	934	611	508	358	1004	1003	859	711	589	727	590	845	960	571	507	569	703	1124	316	718	752	2331
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:10PM 1.58				1:43AM 2.57				12:55PM 1.48				11:52PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	7:21AM 0.19				7:57PM 0.16				7:57AM -0.01				6:38PM 0.30				6:34AM -0.09				5:57PM -0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	16	18	26	15	14	13	13	13	15	21	15	13	17	18	17	14	18	21	23	17	18
Chill °C (?)	11	16	18	26	14	13	12	12	13	15	21	14	12	17	18	17	14	18	21	23	17	18
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 W	0.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 NW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	10	11	10	10	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	8	9	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	1.3 NW	0.4 WSW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WSW	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	11	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	15	15	12	11	11	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.9 NW	0.7 NW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	-	10	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	-	-	3	8	8	5	8	8	9

	Thursday 19	Friday 20
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 NW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	14	10	12	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	12	13	12	12	12	16	12	16	16
Energy(?)	915	617	508	279	1004	1065	979	968	674	674	387	618	713	394	408	280	300	300	413	302	368	372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									1:20PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	14	25	14	15	16	17	19	18	23	17	16	24	26	20	22	22	19	21	22	23
Chill °C (?)	11	13	14	25	13	14	15	16	19	18	23	17	16	24	26	20	22	22	19	21	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	14	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	13	13	5	5	5	16	6	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	4	5	-	-	-	7	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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