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

	Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	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	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Deadman's CAL - Ventura
Rating	2	4	3	2	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	7	7	14	9	7	8	17	11	16	11	11	11	11	6	14	16	16	16	10	16	15	15
Energy	482	683	340	334	488	1143	847	939	582	908	947	631	574	614	343	574	670	653	216	743	329	327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:20PM 1.04	3:20AM 1.20		5:33PM 1.45	4:10AM 1.57		7:05PM 1.22		6:03AM 1.11	7:26PM 1.34	8:57PM 1.91	5:53AM 1.60	7:20PM 1.94		6:20AM 1.34		8:18PM 1.65	9:10AM 0.31		8:25PM 2.25	8:32AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	10:55AM 0.01		10:02PM 0.96	11:16AM 0.54		11:19PM 1.32	9:58AM 0.58		12:50AM 0.68	12:40PM 0.16		3:21AM 0.54	11:52AM 0.64		12:18AM 0.45	12:00PM 0.58		3:10AM -0.01		2:01PM 0.83	3:30AM 0.18	1:39PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	12	21	21	13	18	20	16	17	13	17	18	19	26	30	32	28	14	32	15	17
Low °C	16	20	10	18	20	12	16	19	15	14	13	16	16	18	24	30	30	24	13	30	14	16
Chill °C (?)	22	20	11	21	21	11	18	20	16	17	12	17	18	19	26	30	32	28	13	32	13	17
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	7:57	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:32	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	17	14	9	10	18	10	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	16	16	10	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.6 W
Period (s)	11	13	9	20	16	14	17	18	10	7	16	15	8	15	12	16	9	5	7	10	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	-	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	1.5 NW	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	1.8 NNW	0.8 NW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	7	8	-	8	-	-	7	-	-	6	5	-	-	6	5	-	5	5

	Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	1.2 W	1.0 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	11	7	7	11	18	8	21	8	8	8	8	11	19	8	18	18	19	8	8	8	18	16
Energy	502	678	635	224	479	424	578	1668	1314	1160	1102	553	950	343	1039	1159	1075	1310	1387	1344	1023	776
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:07AM 1.29								3:20AM 1.20					5:36PM 1.15			4:44AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)				10:29AM 0.50				10:02PM 0.96								10:12PM 1.09	12:13AM 0.84				11:36AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	14	16	25	17	25	25	16	15	15	17	15	18	23	26	26	12	16	16	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	10	13	16	25	16	25	25	15	14	14	17	14	17	23	26	26	12	16	16	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	11	7	7	11	12	11	21	8	8	8	8	11	19	16	18	18	8	8	8	8	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	11	13	18	18	14	18	18	19	20	13	11	21	13	12	19	18	18	13	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.5 WNW	0.6 W	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	-	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	5	7	7	6	6	8	6	8	8	8	8	-	7	8	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	-

	Friday 08
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Seaside Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	1.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	11	7	12	12	13	7	18	7	7	7	7	16	18	8	18	19	7	7	8	8	8	20
Energy	610	528	488	363	247	333	328	663	635	665	356	333	488	236	365	415	345	683	735	796	855	479
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				2:15AM 1.74																6:25PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	14	14	17	15	13	23	14	16	17	19	12	17	21	26	26	21	20	16	15	13	17
Chill °C (?)	10	13	13	17	14	13	23	13	16	17	19	11	16	21	26	26	21	20	15	13	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	13	12	6	7	7	7	11	10	13	8	18	19	13	17	18	18	18	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	11	13	18	11	11	11	13	7	18	11	15	15	17	13	13	13	13	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	-	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	6	7	-	7	7	7	7	-	6	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	6

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