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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	Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	12	12	13	12	19	17	16	15	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	12
Energy(?)	1516	2234	1248	762	5008	3415	2917	8442	7545	6692	4847	1580	1777	1960	1768	2876	3951	1496	1308	1612	1117	629
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross	off	off	glass	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:46PM 1.85	3:28AM 1.82		3:49PM 1.23		6:12AM 2.44		7:43PM 1.58	6:45AM 2.25		8:22PM 1.74	7:45AM 2.44		10:34PM 1.63	8:40AM 2.33		11:22PM 1.73	9:12AM 2.34		11:51PM 1.92	10:12AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)	10:39AM 0.65		8:20PM 0.77	10:46AM 0.48		11:23PM 0.89		1:28PM 0.56	12:12AM 1.11		4:24PM 1.29	12:24AM 1.51		3:23PM 0.27	2:44AM 1.15		4:09PM 0.14	3:45AM 1.17		4:20PM -0.09		4:36AM 1.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	9	9	12	11	11	12	12	12	14	14	13	21	15	12	14	14	14	21	20	19	21
Low °C	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	19	13	10	13	12	13	16	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	12	8	7	12	8	9	11	10	11	14	14	12	21	15	12	14	13	13	21	20	19	21
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	4:53	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 W
Period (s)	15	14	12	12	13	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	1.3 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.2 W	0.6 W	1.1 WNW	-	1.0 W	0.1 S	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	4	11	20	19	11	-	-	-	12	5	21	19	18	-	16	10	7	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 09						Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	6	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	7	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	15	15	13	13	13	11	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	18	18	18	17	16
Energy(?)	5321	3622	3246	1126	3035	1384	1439	1477	1531	1301	3219	1558	4029	3522	3415	3322	3540	5440	4776	6430	8860	8671
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:26AM 2.00			2:43PM 1.03					5:30AM 2.45				6:07PM 1.65				6:12AM 2.44					7:50PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)							10:40PM 0.63								11:49PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	7	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	6	11	10	10	11	11	10	12	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	5	5	13	13	12	7	7	8	7	7	4	11	8	8	9	9	8	10	10	11	9	11
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W
Period (s)	15	14	15	15	15	13	13	13	11	10	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	18	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 W	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	13	14	12	12	13	13	-	15	23	22	20	20	20	18	12	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 09																			Saturday 10
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Jordan River Vancouver Island	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North
Rating	6	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	7	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	16	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	5635	4880	4161	1783	5013	3622	3264	3029	2808	2629	865	2292	1946	1850	1678	1756	1381	1705	1362	1312	1439	1534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:26AM 2.00											4:00PM 1.94	4:46PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)					8:59AM 1.02			11:10AM 0.80											10:34PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	9	6	11	7	7	7	8	9	8	11	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	4	5	7	4	11	5	4	5	6	8	7	10	8	7	6	7	6	7	7	9	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	16	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.8 NW	-	1.0 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	15	-	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	13	13	13	12	14	12	-	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Delaware	Minnesota	Pennsylvania
Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

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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