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

	Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Sat
	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	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Lighthouse CAL - San Luis Obispo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Fort Point CAL - Marin County	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s)	8	7	8	17	11	8	16	11	11	11	11	14	17	16	11	16	16	15	14	15	8	9
Energy	248	516	1143	735	1003	717	725	1076	810	639	737	342	509	670	766	748	648	636	656	549	793	732
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:33PM 1.65			5:16PM 1.26	4:15AM 1.18	5:58AM 1.05	7:26PM 1.34		6:46AM 1.54	6:24PM 1.98		8:39AM 1.06	6:22PM 1.74	8:21PM 2.12	9:27AM 1.58		8:49PM 1.80	10:17AM 1.13		10:30PM 1.99	12:15PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	8:42AM 0.60		12:45AM 0.96	11:32AM 0.58		11:08PM 0.90	12:28PM 0.17		1:34AM -0.32	12:48PM 0.67		12:52AM 0.57	1:57PM 0.37		3:16AM 0.42		4:25PM 0.64	3:55AM -0.23		3:06PM 0.53		5:30AM -0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	13	17	20	17	20	17	17	18	18	25	30	31	12	31	21	15	30	24	13	25
Low °C	16	19	12	16	19	15	17	17	15	17	17	24	26	30	10	29	18	13	29	23	10	21
Chill °C (?)	19	20	11	16	20	17	20	17	17	18	18	25	30	31	11	31	21	14	30	24	12	25
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:02	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:04	-	-	6:51	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	10	18	17	11	8	10	11	11	11	11	14	13	16	11	16	11	10	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 NW
Period (s)	20	16	14	8	18	16	16	6	15	15	15	12	17	9	13	10	16	15	6	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	1.4 NW	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	7	8	-	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9

	Saturday 09						Sunday 10								Monday 11
	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	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Celestino Sinaloa	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s)	19	11	11	8	18	18	19	8	8	8	16	16	10	16	9	9	11	16	16	16	11	11
Energy	917	553	412	370	1004	1159	1031	1400	1427	1417	765	784	1230	1003	1086	1031	1032	725	836	786	1355	1557
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					5:36PM 1.15			4:44AM 1.14					7:08PM 1.23				7:39AM 1.59					8:13PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			12:09PM 0.12			10:12PM 1.09	12:13AM 0.84								12:57AM 1.16				12:40PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	16	11	22	26	26	11	16	16	17	17	17	14	25	16	15	11	20	21	20	14	11
Chill °C (?)	26	16	10	22	26	26	11	16	16	16	16	16	14	25	16	14	11	20	21	20	14	11
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	8:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	19	11	11	8	18	18	8	8	8	8	8	16	10	16	9	9	7	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	16	13	12	19	18	18	13	16	15	18	13	16	16	11	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	-	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	5	-	-	8	4	5	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	7

	Saturday 09																		Sunday 10
	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	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Celestino Sinaloa	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 WNW
Period(s)	16	11	11	8	19	19	8	7	7	8	19	18	8	18	7	7	12	8	8	8	12	12
Energy	770	421	341	272	801	794	647	635	635	864	828	818	544	732	761	761	799	2103	1841	1595	1190	1008
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																			11:44PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	11	11	18	28	28	17	20	17	17	18	18	19	26	16	15	11	16	16	16	11	10
Chill °C (?)	25	10	11	18	28	28	17	20	16	16	17	17	19	26	15	13	9	15	16	16	11	9
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	16	11	11	8	19	19	8	16	16	16	19	18	10	18	14	14	12	8	8	7	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 W
Period (s)	5	14	14	21	13	13	20	20	20	15	11	11	16	13	16	16	16	19	19	19	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 NW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	0.3 W	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.8 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	1.3 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	12	12	8	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	5	8	8	8	6	6

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Massachusetts	New-York

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British-Columbia	Washington

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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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