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 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			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	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Secrets CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Westport-The Corner Washington	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.7 WNW	1.2 NW	1.7 NW	2.2 NNW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	12	12	11	18	18	16	16	10	12	16	16	11	15	10	14	14	8	7	9	9	18
Energy(?)	150	2736	1996	1185	970	813	1312	1430	363	530	465	588	313	539	167	391	464	431	439	672	940	920
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross	on	off	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	12:54PM 2.35		12:45AM 2.13	12:43PM 1.16	2:25PM 2.04	1:00AM 1.22		3:08PM 1.93	12:11AM 2.00			1:45AM 1.61		3:28PM 1.41	9:44PM 1.56	11:11AM 0.95		11:19PM 1.85			11:55PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		6:37PM 0.97		5:59AM -0.03	7:55PM 0.61		8:41AM -0.07			7:28AM 0.43	4:48PM 1.03		8:18AM 0.48	6:57PM 1.30		5:03AM 0.47	3:08PM 0.82		7:36AM 0.73			9:48AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-
High °C	15	10	13	14	25	17	18	18	14	19	22	16	16	17	12	15	21	7	18	11	12	28
Low °C	11	10	11	8	25	17	17	18	11	14	21	13	14	17	11	11	20	7	17	10	10	26
Chill °C (?)	14	8	12	14	25	16	17	17	13	19	22	16	16	16	11	15	21	5	17	9	11	28
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	7:44	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 S	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	2.2 NNW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	12	12	11	18	18	12	12	6	12	16	11	11	11	10	14	14	8	12	11	9	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 NW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	15	12	10	12	16	16	10	7	9	16	15	15	15	10	18	12	11	17	16	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	1.2 NW	1.7 NW	-	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	7	9	-	5

	Thursday 02						Friday 03								Saturday 04
	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	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	5	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	3609	3612	2585	1105	2343	4096	1491	1239	1638	1459	1229	1182	1071	1040	1047	1034	1022	1312	1443	1430	1256	1202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			12:54PM 1.83				1:31AM 2.45											10:38AM 1.61				10:07PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)	6:40AM 0.54				7:24PM 0.45				6:03AM 0.42				5:37PM 0.97			3:33AM 0.23				3:48PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	10	18	9	11	7	6	14	18	16	13	16	15	24	23	23	18	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	7	10	8	18	9	9	6	4	13	18	16	13	16	15	24	23	23	17	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	0.4 SW	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	12	12	12	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	15	13	12	12	12	14	14	10	12	13	20	6	6	6	16	16	16	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	9	9	12	12

	Thursday 02	Friday 03
	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	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Patricks Point State Park CAL - Humboldt	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	5	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	0.4 SW	4.0 W	2.2 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.4 S	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	6	12	11	11	20	20	20	6	6	21	6	6
Energy(?)	3262	3495	2828	125	4079	2124	3944	3731	953	1228	197	3128	1682	1857	374	346	342	301	301	404	409	404
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																8:38PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		6:40AM 0.54									3:55PM 0.68		5:09PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	11	9	12	10	10	16	16	15	12	15	13	23	23	23	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	9	6	10	8	8	14	14	13	9	13	11	23	23	23	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	0.4 SW	4.0 W	1.9 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	13	12	11	12	12	15	15	12	12	15	15	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	13	12	12	15	15	12	12	20	20	20	13	13	21	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	3.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	11	-	-	12	12	6	12	11	11	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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