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

	Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Mon
	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	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort. Ebey Washington	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 W	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 S	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	13	10	10	11	12	12	18	11	9	9	9	9	21	20	20	18	18	18	16
Energy(?)	674	747	2696	1308	1684	1463	896	2050	1591	764	1194	897	535	582	795	613	1136	1266	1381	1726	1255	1271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:24PM 0.85	11:42PM 1.98			3:50AM 1.43			9:39PM 4:57AM 1.15 1.41			3:18AM 2.29	6:09AM 1.42		9:00PM 1.49	9:12AM 2.05		8:42PM 1.48	7:27AM 0.68		10:20PM 1.23	8:57AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)	10:09AM 0.71	7:58PM 0.84	3:06AM 1.88	11:15AM 0.67			12:04PM 0.26		12:07AM 1.10	1:10PM 0.18			2:00PM 0.09		1:12AM 1.25		3:56PM -0.00	1:27AM 1.05		3:28PM -0.12	3:19AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	12	3	14	12	18	19	18	20	25	19	19	23	19	27	28	24	27	27	23	27
Low °C	16	17	10	2	14	12	13	18	17	15	23	16	15	21	17	25	27	23	24	26	20	24
Chill °C (?)	16	17	12	-3	12	10	18	19	18	20	25	19	19	23	19	27	28	24	27	27	23	27
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	7:08	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	0.2 S	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	0.4 SSW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	0.9 S	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	10	13	22	10	11	19	12	12	18	8	9	16	15	13	20	20	18	18	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	12	16	11	-	11	21	20	18	19	18	15	17	16	14	13	21	13	12	12	14	9	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	2.3 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	10	-	-	12	-	-	11	9	-	9	9	4	4	4	4	4	-	5

	Monday 09						Tuesday 10								Wednesday 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	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Fort. Ebey Washington	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Fort. Ebey Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	4	3	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.7 S	2.0 W	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	0.9 S	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	21	13	10	10	10	12	12	20	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3387	1240	1186	598	1244	906	2696	3513	2570	2575	580	1288	2845	2256	3667	1805	3405	1456	2147	2305	2138	1699
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					5:09PM 1.31			4:13AM 2.35														8:50PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		10:10AM 0.23								10:46AM 0.29		3:45PM 0.19							12:07PM -0.72			10:54PM 1.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	4	14	11	11	10	5	9	12	17	5	13	11	12	8	10	13	23	22	17	18
Chill °C (?)	11	13	3	14	10	10	10	2	9	12	16	5	12	11	11	5	10	13	23	22	17	18
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	0.2 S	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.8 NW	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	9	10	12	10	10	11	10	13	10	10	9	13	10	10	10	12	12	10	11	12	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 NW	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 S	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	12	15	-	11	11	16	11	16	11	11	21	-	22	22	21	18	21	12	20	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	10	10	13	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	-	12	-	12	12	12	-

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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	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Fort. Ebey Washington	Sand Dollar Beach CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Fort. Ebey Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey
Rating	5	4	3	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 SSW	2.2 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	6	12	10	10	10	11	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	3105	849	1012	1299	1326	767	767	810	777	762	283	1280	794	784	990	1622	1724	630	533	520	2696	1405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	glass	off	on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:39AM 2.22																			3:00AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)					9:59AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	5	16	16	15	16	12	17	18	16	5	15	13	13	8	10	15	12	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	9	1	16	15	15	16	10	17	18	15	-1	15	13	12	6	7	14	12	11	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 W	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.3 SSW	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	0.2 S	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	6	-	12	12	10	11	12	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 NW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	12	15	13	12	15	12	12	15	16	16	9	-	16	16	5	14	16	5	11	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	-	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	2.2 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.6 ESE	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	10	-	-	-	7	10	10	-	12	10	10	5	-	9	-	-	-	10	-

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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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