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

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino 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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Enderts Beach CAL - Del Norte County
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	2.0 NW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WNW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	16	11	11	12	11	10	11	10	8	9	12	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1414	1454	2427	1007	1324	1240	1709	1128	379	451	1804	926	834	172	275	310	728	2285	1430	679	1149	1433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:03PM 1.74		4:59AM 1.67	3:21PM 1.55		5:00AM 1.89	6:33PM 1.90		6:24AM 1.72			7:00AM 1.76		8:12PM 1.03	6:47AM 1.62		9:20PM 1.12	9:15AM 2.55		9:25PM 1.46	6:06AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)			9:08PM 0.44	10:50AM 0.89		9:55PM 0.62	11:34AM 0.95		10:40PM 0.42		1:58PM 0.59	11:32PM 0.59		1:19PM 0.21	12:22AM 0.74		2:00PM 0.08	1:10AM 0.87		2:38PM 0.35	1:23AM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	1	4	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	5	1
High °C	18	23	13	22	21	16	22	19	12	17	10	11	11	19	15	16	15	12	14	19	13	12
Low °C	15	21	12	18	17	15	21	19	11	14	10	10	10	17	13	16	13	11	14	17	12	11
Chill °C (?)	18	23	13	22	21	16	22	19	11	17	7	10	10	19	14	16	14	10	13	19	12	12
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.0 NW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WNW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 W
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	16	11	11	12	11	10	11	10	8	9	12	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	13	9	18	16	16	15	15	9	15	13	15	13	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Wednesday 10	Thursday 11	Friday 12
	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	12	14	13	16
Energy(?)	1658	1219	1599	3566	1413	1426	1447	3946	1028	3320	3080	1324	3028	1311	1240	1207	1054	1035	1005	1196	1035	1127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				2:49PM 1.66					4:29AM 1.46			3:11PM 1.16	4:09PM 1.36				5:10AM 1.50				4:50PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		8:47AM 1.23				9:08PM 0.44					11:37AM 0.93			9:48PM 0.25								9:05PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	23	24	19	21	21	21	9	15	15	15	21	14	16	16	15	15	18	15	20	18	19
Chill °C (?)	20	23	24	19	21	21	21	9	14	15	15	21	14	16	16	14	14	18	15	20	18	19
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	14	12	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	12	14	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	La Push Washington	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Agate Beach Oregon South	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 W	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1249	1658	1658	1446	1219	1219	1219	2952	720	1778	1847	652	1952	649	640	640	725	725	3979	1447	1447	370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					8:47AM 1.23												8:55PM 0.07		10:53PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	12	22	23	23	12	21	16	13	20	14	17	17	17	16	16	13	20	21	21
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	11	22	23	23	9	21	16	11	20	14	17	17	17	16	16	11	20	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 W	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	3.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	-	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	10	11	15	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-

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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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