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 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	5	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.6 WNW	2.1 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	18	16	18	17	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	15	12	11	12	11	11	13
Energy(?)	2615	3553	6004	7372	5324	3352	2232	1381	1093	1042	1106	1149	989	1652	858	1064	2274	1523	882	1162	926	1213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:28PM 2.28	2:05AM 1.70		2:30PM 1.56	3:01AM 2.47		3:50PM 1.46	3:56AM 2.01		4:06PM 1.27	3:16AM 1.84		6:25PM 1.27					5:10AM 1.87		7:52PM 1.32	5:50AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			7:43PM 0.24	8:11AM 0.89		8:31PM 0.91	9:39AM 0.92		9:21PM 0.62	9:56AM 0.79		8:10PM 1.12	10:47AM 0.75		8:53PM 1.24	11:57AM 0.62					9:52PM 1.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	15	19	18	17	18	20	21	14	18	20	14	22	15	18	22	8	6	12	9	7	11
Low °C	17	15	16	18	16	16	17	16	12	15	16	12	20	14	16	19	7	5	10	7	6	8
Chill °C (?)	19	15	19	18	17	18	20	21	14	18	20	14	22	13	18	22	6	5	10	8	6	10
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:15
Sunset	-	5:38	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.6 WNW	2.1 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 W
Period (s)	13	13	18	16	18	17	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	15	12	11	12	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.5 W	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	17	13	13	12	14	12	12	12	17	19	18	16	16	17	14	15	16	14	16	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NW	-	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 05								Friday 06								Saturday 07
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.8 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	13	13	17	17	17	18	17	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	14	16	16	13
Energy(?)	3135	3045	3105	3033	3107	3009	3648	6536	7663	7399	7402	7372	6955	6575	6066	6204	5444	5002	3230	3122	3015	1381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)		2:39AM 2.51				1:43PM 2.34				1:17AM 1.87			11:43AM 1.46	1:15PM 1.56			11:56PM 1.74				11:24AM 1.37	2:23PM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)				7:14AM 0.93				8:15PM 0.17				7:34AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	11	15	16	18	15	15	13	13	16	19	18	16	17	16	16	15	15	16	17	17	21
Chill °C (?)	15	10	14	16	18	15	15	13	12	16	19	18	16	17	16	16	15	15	16	17	17	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	17	17	18	17	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	14	16	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 W	-	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.8 W	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	-	15	13	18	17	17	-	-	13	-	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	12	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Goat Rock CAL - Sonoma	Centreville Beach CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	14	16	16	14
Energy(?)	2908	2869	3135	2909	3063	2775	2734	2854	2866	2176	2309	2309	1654	2092	2373	1687	1146	1272	2570	460	804	2667
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				1:20AM 2.04									10:59AM 1.70		12:20PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	15	14	15	14	14	16	15	20	22	23	18	23	20	18	19	18	18	20	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	12	15	13	15	13	13	16	15	20	22	23	18	23	20	18	19	18	18	20	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.2 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	14	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.2 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	-	-	11	11	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	12	12	13	11	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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