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

	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fort. Ebey Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	6	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.4 W	2.1 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	10	14	14	15	15	14	14	12	12	10	12	11
Energy(?)	725	529	512	1796	1492	3771	1944	2140	4798	1519	3148	3076	1989	1470	1418	1732	1557	815	604	677	954	534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:39PM 2.49		2:34AM 2.29		1:17PM 2.73	2:40AM 1.69		2:14PM 2.50		4:19AM 2.33	3:18PM 2.24	7:30PM 1.69	5:08AM 2.37	4:32PM 2.02		6:57AM 2.44	6:33PM 1.90		7:19AM 2.47		7:20PM 1.81	6:07AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)		6:38PM -0.05	7:40PM -0.08	7:30AM 1.46		7:30PM 0.10	8:37AM 1.45		9:20PM 0.32	9:52AM 1.41		1:58AM 0.29	11:11AM 1.30		10:57PM 0.79	12:50PM 1.02		12:39AM 0.73		1:28PM 0.96	12:34AM 1.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	-	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
High °C	14	14	12	9	14	9	17	15	11	19	9	14	22	21	17	21	18	11	20	12	10	14
Low °C	13	13	12	9	13	8	14	15	11	16	9	14	22	18	15	21	17	10	19	11	9	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	11	8	14	7	17	15	8	19	9	13	22	21	17	21	18	11	20	10	10	14
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.4 W	2.1 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	11	10	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	10	14	14	15	15	14	14	12	12	10	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 WNW	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 W	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	11	-	12	-	12	12	12	15	16	-	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	15	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07						Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fort. Ebey Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Turtles Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	11	12	9	9	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1068	684	602	529	538	545	512	513	592	743	880	2733	1658	1657	1631	3848	4599	5021	4785	1924	1892	1193
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:22PM 2.92					2:34AM 2.29												2:14PM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)	6:43AM 1.01									7:30AM 1.46				8:30PM 0.11				9:24AM 1.13				8:20PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	18	14	14	13	16	12	12	12	14	16	10	13	12	12	9	9	9	9	16	14	18
Chill °C (?)	14	18	13	14	13	15	11	11	11	14	16	8	13	12	12	7	9	7	7	16	14	18
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.1 SW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	11	12	9	9	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.9 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	11	7	13	13	13	12	11	11	13	13	12	-	12	12	12	8	10	10	9	16	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Sunday 07																			Monday 08
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fort. Ebey Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Turtles Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	11
Energy(?)	1366	764	928	928	757	684	725	642	602	602	529	598	529	529	538	1532	1233	1355	1354	529	512	399
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									12:22PM 2.92			3:56PM 2.40										1:45AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			6:29AM 1.45														8:22PM -0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	12	12	13	18	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	13	13	13	10	10	10	12	12	16
Chill °C (?)	13	16	11	12	12	18	14	14	13	14	14	9	14	13	13	11	8	8	8	12	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.9 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	7	11	11	13	7	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	-	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	6

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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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