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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	Mon		Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Agate Beach Oregon South	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Cabo Colonet Baja Norte	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	2.0 NW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	15	16	15	13	13	12	12	14	13	9	15	14	15	13	15	14	12	12	12	15
Energy(?)	574	559	934	1066	1188	761	686	606	512	926	721	1332	1241	1372	846	766	790	723	216	219	236	424
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:51AM 2.21	12:42PM 2.64		1:18AM 1.51		1:23PM 2.54	12:58AM 1.71		2:08PM 2.37	3:21AM 2.44	12:44PM 1.66		2:02AM 1.86		2:01PM 1.03	2:39AM 1.63		1:50PM 1.18	3:24AM 1.71		5:56PM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)	6:56PM -0.18	7:06PM -0.18	6:55AM 1.08			7:39AM 1.00			8:26AM 0.90		8:41PM 0.13	7:13AM 1.03		7:13PM 0.62	8:11AM 0.52		7:26PM 0.44	9:25AM 0.38	6:59PM 0.86	8:07PM 0.66	10:44AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	19	11	18	16	16	16	12	16	10	8	12	11	10	17	11	18	20	19	15	18	12
Low °C	11	17	8	17	16	16	15	12	15	10	7	12	9	10	16	8	16	19	16	14	17	11
Chill °C (?)	11	19	11	18	16	16	16	12	16	8	6	12	11	10	17	10	18	20	19	15	18	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	5:19	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	2.0 NW	1.7 W	2.0 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	15	11	15	13	13	12	12	14	13	9	15	7	15	13	15	14	12	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	1.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	1.0 WNW	0.3 NW	1.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 W
Period (s)	10	13	9	16	14	16	16	5	16	11	18	13	4	14	12	13	5	15	6	18	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 19				Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thu
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	12	19	18	18	18	16	16	18	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	503	522	640	771	1047	1086	1194	1000	1033	1157	1009	1097	1128	1348	1180	1100	687	686	1072	606	510	515
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:57AM 2.53				12:50AM 1.45	1:51AM 2.21			12:42PM 2.64				12:29AM 1.64				11:10AM 1.56					1:01AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)				7:06PM -0.18			6:55AM 1.08								4:57AM 0.68				5:00PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	12	9	8	11	7	6	18	11	11	8	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	11	8	6	11	6	4	18	11	11	7	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	12	12	18	18	18	16	16	12	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 W	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	20	10	11	11	14	10	10	18	9	10	11	11	11	15	16	16	16	16	5	16	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Carmel Beach CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	13	20	20	19	13	19	19	13	18	18	18	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	477	472	465	456	567	522	536	359	640	632	736	508	576	571	664	477	594	577	754	570	716	685
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			12:03PM 2.69											12:00AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)								5:14PM 0.17		7:06PM -0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	13	13	12	11	18	9	9	8	18	18	18	15	18	14	14	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	12	12	11	10	18	8	7	6	18	18	18	15	18	13	14	14	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	18	18	18	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 NW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 NW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	20	11	11	10	10	10	11	5	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	13	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	5	2	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5

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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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