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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	Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Mon
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Linda Mar CAL - San Mateo	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Port Orford Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	5	4	5	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	3.5 S	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.4 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	15	12	11	9	9	13	14	9	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	12	12	13	12	16	14
Energy(?)	1068	2181	1191	879	519	675	1576	1874	3751	3333	3580	2775	2436	4443	2091	1064	1166	1579	2670	2038	3331	3937
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 1.67		4:39AM 1.37	2:22PM 1.49		5:18AM 1.75	3:55PM 1.70		6:42AM 1.58	5:55PM 1.38		5:11AM 1.79		8:26PM 1.99	8:59AM 2.42		9:34PM 1.89	9:34AM 2.56		10:30PM 1.92	10:00AM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)			9:58PM -0.14	9:20AM 1.03		9:44PM 0.00	10:41AM 1.22		10:55PM 0.47	12:22PM 0.73		12:42AM 0.22	11:29AM 0.84	2:40PM 0.79	2:30AM 0.61		3:33PM 0.48	3:08AM 0.69		4:17PM 0.32	3:47AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	36	9	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	14	2	-
High °C	27	24	19	16	10	12	10	14	16	11	12	12	14	13	12	15	13	14	8	10	10	11
Low °C	24	23	17	15	9	11	9	14	12	10	11	11	13	12	11	14	12	13	8	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	27	24	19	15	9	12	8	12	14	11	11	12	13	12	11	14	12	14	5	8	9	10
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:51	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.4 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	15	12	11	9	9	13	14	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	12	12	13	12	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	1.1 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	10	15	9	16	8	13	18	8	8	7	16	15	15	14	14	14	18	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.4 SW	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	6	9	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

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	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	14	13	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1445	1068	1556	1302	1507	1116	1580	1482	1354	1009	985	1022	1144	1345	1370	1723	2098	1740	1291	1267	1803	1729
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:40AM 2.08			1:13PM 1.67					4:27AM 1.67			3:16PM 1.58					6:46AM 2.15				5:47PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		7:37AM 1.10				8:37PM -0.12				9:32AM 0.98					11:34PM 0.16				12:13PM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	1
Temp. °C	14	24	26	26	20	21	22	21	22	21	17	16	20	9	9	12	12	15	10	11	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	24	26	26	20	21	22	21	22	21	17	16	20	8	8	12	11	15	8	8	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	14	13	12	14	14	11	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	16	9	9	14	17	14	17	16	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-

	Monday 10																			Tuesday 11
	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Dillon Beach CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Cape Mendocino CAL - Humboldt	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	La Push Washington	La Push Washington	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	13	14	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1432	814	1147	846	1078	1068	1313	1365	1507	1894	2183	1688	638	1239	1211	1154	1124	1059	906	906	977	904
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:40AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)				7:37AM 1.10															10:31PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	20	19	21	23	24	25	25	25	20	18	18	21	10	10	12	11	11	9	9	10	9
Chill °C (?)	14	20	19	21	23	24	25	25	25	20	18	18	21	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	2.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 NW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	16	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	11	14	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

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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