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

	Wed		Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wed
	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	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Pacific City/Cape Kiwanda Oregon North	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	South Jetty Table Bluff CAL - Humboldt
Rating	9	9	6	8	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	8	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	5.0 NW	5.5 WNW	5.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.7 WNW	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	19	17	16	16	17	16	14	13	11	14	12	12	17	16	15	13	14	12	12	18	18	16
Energy(?)	8572	24830	15218	11885	4852	5312	2373	1404	1349	3002	3280	3898	5784	6192	3887	4513	1275	1809	1616	2481	2350	3932
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:32AM 1.48		2:54PM 1.79		4:06AM 2.48	4:00PM 1.97		4:53AM 2.19	5:31PM 1.46		4:31AM 1.91			6:33AM 2.03		8:41PM 1.29	5:09AM 1.84		10:26PM 1.73	8:33AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)	6:50PM -0.90	7:16PM 0.02	7:56AM 0.66		9:20PM 0.72	10:28AM 1.15		9:42PM 0.54	11:46AM 0.66		10:39PM 1.21	12:03PM 0.74		9:01PM 1.04			12:41AM 1.00	12:59PM 0.46		2:19AM 1.36		4:09PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	14	15	10	8	10	10	10	12	12	13	15	11	14	16	16	13	24	10
Low °C	8	7	8	9	14	14	8	8	8	10	10	9	11	12	13	11	13	12	14	11	22	10
Chill °C (?)	6	5	9	6	12	15	8	6	9	8	8	11	11	12	15	8	13	16	16	13	24	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	5:06	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	5.5 WNW	5.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.7 WNW	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	2.5 W
Period (s)	19	17	16	16	17	16	14	13	11	14	12	12	17	16	15	13	14	12	12	12	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	2.5 NW	0.4 SSW	1.5 NW	0.4 NW	1.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 WNW	1.7 W	2.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 W	0.5 W	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	10	13	13	12	13	11	20	18	11	10	13	13	12	22	21	18	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	5.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NNW
Period (s)	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Wednesday 07				Thursday 08								Friday 09								Sat
	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	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	2	2	3	5	9	9	9	9	7	6	8	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	4.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 NW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	21	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	14	16	15	13	13	12
Energy(?)	402	585	625	8756	14139	13879	12378	8475	12979	11247	7406	7074	7112	6268	5321	5312	3543	3880	3381	1458	1404	1226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	11:32AM 0.68					3:26AM 2.47				3:03PM 1.89				2:00AM 1.64	4:26AM 2.00			1:19PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)				8:38PM 0.02				9:02AM 0.80				8:10PM 0.59				8:17AM 1.00	10:39AM 0.65				10:40PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	12	8	6	5	5	8	9	9	6	10	5	14	6	14	10	15	15	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	15	12	10	5	4	3	3	6	9	9	4	8	3	13	5	14	10	14	15	6	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	4.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 NW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	21	11	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	14	16	15	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	23	13	21	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	15	15	13	15	13	15	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 07													Thursday 08
	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	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Garths Reef CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	No Pass CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South	Port Orford Oregon South	Wilson Creek CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	2	2	3	5	9	9	9	9	7	6	8	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	5.5 WNW	5.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.4 NW	5.0 NW	3.0 NW	5.5 NW	3.0 NW	6.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	6.0 WNW	6.0 WNW	5.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	19	17	8	17	8	17	8	9	16	16	16
Energy(?)	355	419	996	2902	9064	8572	9280	12175	16625	17495	11508	1895	15471	1513	18967	1985	18987	2344	2729	16804	16094	15350
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			12:20PM 1.45	1:58PM 2.03												1:14AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)											8:41PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	9	9	9	8	10	8	8	7	11	9	14	9	14	9	14	14	7	8	7
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	5	6	6	5	7	5	5	4	8	5	11	5	11	6	11	11	4	6	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.2 NW	5.5 WNW	5.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.4 NW	5.0 NW	0.7 NW	5.5 NW	0.9 NW	6.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	6.0 WNW	6.0 WNW	5.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	19	19	18	12	17	17	17	19	17	21	17	21	17	20	20	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.8 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	1.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	22	23	19	14	14	14	18	14	14	-	11	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	11	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	8	-	8	9	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
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Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
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