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 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Manresa State Beach CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Razorblades CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	16	11	12	12	12	11	12	10	11	10	12	12	12	10	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1325	1726	1140	545	962	607	1765	1855	2060	1377	1000	429	208	568	317	394	456	1004	870	1652	2130	911
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:46PM 1.37	9:58PM 1.65	7:00AM 1.62	7:58PM 1.47		7:35AM 1.69		8:15PM 1.58	8:50AM 2.12		10:28PM 0.61	8:46AM 1.67		9:42PM 2.19		2:17PM 2.28	2:06AM 2.54		3:09PM 2.15	2:42AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)	1:18PM 0.23		3:03AM 1.05	1:39PM 0.18		1:36AM 0.54		2:01PM 0.18	2:06AM 0.39		4:39PM -0.01	4:36AM -0.61		2:48PM 0.31	4:01AM 0.28	8:04AM -0.00			10:20AM 0.95		8:34PM 0.53	9:39AM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	26	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	16	23	18	14	14	13	9	9	16	15	26	18	21	20	27	8	26	23	10	19
Low °C	25	26	16	17	18	12	12	12	9	9	15	14	22	17	19	16	24	7	21	22	8	17
Chill °C (?)	27	27	16	23	18	14	14	13	7	9	15	15	26	18	21	20	27	5	26	23	8	19
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	6:28	-	-	6:49	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	3.0 NW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	16	11	12	12	12	11	12	10	11	10	12	12	12	11	11	14	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	9	8	9	18	17	17	17	16	15	13	6	11	6	6	16	16	15	11	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	3.0 WNW	-	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	10	9	10	-	10

	Sunday 15						Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Fullers CAL - Monterey	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	20	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	18	18	16	16	16	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1426	1325	1001	1726	1707	1501	1246	1108	1271	1005	642	671	1096	1068	1027	1147	1329	1088	1578	1855	1273	1558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	6:25AM 1.51				7:46PM 1.37				7:00AM 1.62				7:58PM 1.47						12:58PM 2.66
Low Tide / height (m)							1:08AM 0.70					3:17PM -0.79					5:59AM 0.64				6:15PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	25	27	27	26	23	22	22	23	24	17	25	25	23	23	19	11	12	15	11	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	25	27	27	26	23	22	22	23	24	17	25	25	23	23	19	10	11	15	11	13	13	11
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 NW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	19	18	8	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	18	18	16	16	16	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.5 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	20	14	14	14	12	14	4	9	8	11	13	13	8	18	17	17	-	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	8	4	5	4	4	4	4	-	-	8	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15																		Monday 16
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Fullers CAL - Monterey	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	19	19	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	18	18	18	8	20	8	7	20	8	20
Energy(?)	1305	1280	702	1386	1308	1325	1311	1453	1606	1241	610	607	1707	1707	1205	148	182	140	71	168	102	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:25AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)									1:18PM 0.23		3:16PM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	18	27	27	27	27	27	27	17	23	25	25	24	16	10	10	11	3	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	24	24	18	27	27	27	27	27	27	17	23	25	25	24	16	10	10	11	1	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	6:28	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 NW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	19	19	8	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	18	18	18	8	8	8	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.9 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	20	12	12	12	12	15	15	9	13	13	14	14	9	8	8	7	13	20	11	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	4	-	4	4	12	12	-	8	8	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Massachusetts	New-York

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British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
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