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 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Fort. Ebey Washington	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 NW	1.3 W	2.5 WNW	0.6 S	2.2 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	7	8	8	8	13	12	14	18	17	15	13	11	16	11	11	10	10	12	12	8
Energy(?)	375	326	83	220	365	521	1390	1709	790	576	560	524	582	1767	356	1719	1287	970	552	500	566	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:26AM 1.80		9:37PM 2.43	10:56AM 1.59		1:05AM 1.96	12:33PM 0.97		11:31PM 1.75	1:12PM 1.28		3:54AM 2.36		6:26PM 1.80		5:14AM 2.19	7:37PM 1.83		6:22AM 2.12			6:59AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)		4:32PM 0.93	4:37AM 0.04		3:47PM 0.86		6:11AM -0.29	4:15PM 1.00		6:29AM 0.27	3:31PM 0.90	9:57PM 0.98	10:41AM 0.24		11:10PM 1.06	12:57PM -0.17		12:37AM 1.05	1:36PM -0.09		1:26AM 1.45	1:54PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	14	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	11	15	15	13	11	12	14	26	28	11	10	10	12	11	10	10	14	16	13	17
Low °C	11	19	10	11	14	10	10	11	13	24	27	10	10	9	12	10	10	8	10	16	12	16
Chill °C (?)	15	20	11	15	14	13	10	10	13	26	28	11	9	9	10	11	8	8	13	15	11	16
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:00	-	-	6:42	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:04	-	-	7:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	2.5 WNW	1.1 W	2.2 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 S	0.6 NW
Period (s)	9	15	7	8	8	8	13	12	14	18	17	9	13	11	6	11	11	10	10	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	9	8	12	14	13	8	13	7	13	13	15	6	12	10	13	13	12	12	6	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.5 SE	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	0.5 N	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	4	4	-	-	-	6	-	3	-	-	5	12	8

	Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	10	14	13	13	8	9	8	8	15	14	13	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1037	1034	623	598	570	265	251	577	240	510	304	213	264	365	324	598	897	1136	1091	1736	1478	1296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				10:07AM 1.74				9:37PM 2.43						3:12PM 2.03				2:19AM 2.73				3:28PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)										4:37AM 0.04		8:27AM -0.52				8:45PM 0.67				9:02AM -0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	5
Temp. °C	17	13	16	17	18	13	18	17	18	17	23	13	15	14	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	12	15	16	18	13	18	16	18	16	23	13	15	14	12	10	11	10	9	11	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	14	13	13	8	9	8	8	8	14	13	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NW	0.4 W	0.2 SSE	0.3 W	0.2 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	14	8	6	9	5	9	5	15	14	14	14	15	8	8	8	6	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	-	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in California	Punta Canoas Baja Norte	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	14	14	15	16	15	11	15	10	14	8	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15
Energy(?)	568	1149	741	699	711	443	262	629	258	614	281	130	197	175	174	158	150	164	193	206	117	117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											9:22AM 1.43					2:26PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)					3:51AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	16	16	16	10	16	16	17	17	24	12	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	12	16	16	15	10	16	15	17	16	24	12	14	15	14	12	12	13	13	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	14	10	11	11	11	9	15	11	15	10	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 W	0.9 SSW	0.4 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	15	14	14	15	16	5	14	5	14	6	13	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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
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