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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 S	1.9 NW	0.8 S	1.6 NW	0.8 S	2.4 NW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	20	12	12	11	12	12	18	11	18	8	16	8	21	20	20	18	18	18	16
Energy(?)	1325	707	2528	763	2146	1804	896	1881	1591	601	1271	813	871	647	1360	616	1136	1266	1325	1726	1168	1060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:59PM 1.67	4:11AM 1.12			4:03AM 1.77			8:51PM 1.41	6:13AM 2.24		9:47PM 1.17	5:10AM 1.69	7:53PM 1.21	9:16PM 1.03	7:25AM 1.42		10:46PM 2.06	9:13AM 1.43		9:53PM 1.19	9:10AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	9:59AM 0.67		10:37PM 0.58	11:26AM 0.21	3:45PM 0.19		12:31PM 0.62		10:52PM 1.39			1:16AM 1.03	1:02PM 0.51		1:35AM 0.79		4:23PM 0.18	3:43AM 1.49		4:00PM -0.04	3:10AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	12	23	9	10	18	18	18	20	14	13	19	23	19	27	28	24	27	27	18	19
Low °C	14	17	9	19	8	7	13	16	16	15	14	8	15	23	16	25	27	23	25	26	17	18
Chill °C (?)	16	18	12	23	6	6	18	18	18	20	13	11	19	23	19	27	28	24	27	27	18	19
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	7:07	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	0.9 S	1.8 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 S	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	1.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	20	12	12	11	19	12	8	18	10	9	16	8	13	20	20	18	18	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 WNW	0.1 W	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 NW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	15	12	11	10	20	22	20	18	19	18	14	18	16	11	15	21	13	12	12	14	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 NW	1.0 WNW	-	1.8 NW	-	2.1 NW	-	-	1.9 NW	-	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	2.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	-	7	-	12	-	-	11	-	8	8	8	4	4	4	4	4	-	-

	Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Fort. Ebey Washington	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.7 S	1.0 S	3.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	12	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	21	20	10	10	13	13	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1204	3105	2333	1191	1186	1270	1244	1329	1872	3614	2537	2463	865	837	3015	1085	1899	1572	3405	4291	2183	2205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:48AM 2.17					5:09PM 1.31			4:13AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)				10:10AM 0.23				8:04PM 1.27				10:46AM 0.29		2:19PM 0.78			11:22PM 1.18				1:08PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	11	11	14	4	15	12	11	11	5	9	12	17	22	14	13	7	6	9	10	22	22
Chill °C (?)	14	10	10	14	4	15	11	9	10	2	9	12	16	22	13	12	4	4	9	8	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	2.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	12	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	12	8	10	10	13	13	12	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	15	15	-	12	11	13	11	16	11	11	21	20	22	21	-	18	21	18	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.4 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	13	10	10	9	8	10	-	-	-	12	13	12	12

	Monday 09
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Double Point CAL - Marin County	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Fort. Ebey Washington	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Boners CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo
Rating	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 SSW	0.4 SW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	6	13	10	10	11	8	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1065	949	947	713	1155	879	985	923	628	786	767	782	325	89	711	710	1477	1238	1623	1997	617	617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)				2:23AM 1.39															5:50PM 0.96
Low Tide / height (m)											9:33AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	12	14	5	15	14	14	17	9	15	16	16	24	16	15	8	9	13	10	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	11	10	14	-1	14	13	13	17	7	15	16	14	24	16	15	5	5	10	6	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	2.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	1.4 NW	2.0 W	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 S	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	12	9	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	9	12	10	10	11	11	12	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.0 NW	0.5 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	15	12	15	12	12	15	12	15	12	12	14	13	12	12	14	15	16	16	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	-	2.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.8 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	11	8	9	9	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
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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