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

	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tue
	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	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Tofino (North Chestermans Beach) Vancouver Island	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Port Orford Oregon South	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	6	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.5 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.0 NW	3.5 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s)	11	14	14	17	16	12	11	9	9	10	14	14	14	13	10	11	10	11	10	12	10	11
Energy	604	570	549	509	566	1093	1172	757	1061	1958	1456	1356	555	2005	4084	1790	2155	5709	3157	1365	4202	1294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:05AM 1.18	6:24PM 1.98		6:41AM 1.61	6:43PM 2.09	8:30PM 1.56	10:13AM 1.28		9:03PM 1.69	10:53AM 1.18		11:36PM 2.61	9:21AM 1.67		10:21PM 1.87	12:52PM 1.26		10:50PM 1.99	1:51PM 1.27		11:17PM 2.39	1:19PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			2:27AM 0.14	12:20PM 0.64		3:09AM -0.10		2:39PM 0.50	3:51AM -0.32		6:04PM 1.26			5:49PM 0.82		5:22AM -0.56	4:56PM 1.19		6:12AM -0.58	3:30PM 0.99		6:25AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	17	15	25	28	14	15	22	15	17	8	11	16	13	13	17	20	14	18	16	15	15
Low °C	9	17	12	20	28	10	12	21	10	12	8	10	15	12	9	11	20	13	14	16	12	15
Chill °C (?)	9	16	15	25	28	12	14	22	15	17	5	10	15	11	11	17	20	12	18	15	14	15
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	7:15	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:09	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.1 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	11	12	7	13	16	12	16	16	9	9	14	14	10	13	10	11	13	11	10	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	14	11	17	13	13	13	13	16	15	16	15	14	13	14	14	18	13	16	14	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNW	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	3.5 NW	-	3.0 WNW	4.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	3.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	3	7	5	5	-	11	9	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	11	10	-	10	-

	Tuesday 12						Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s)	11	11	11	14	11	11	14	13	16	17	11	16	16	8	12	12	12	11	16	9	9	9
Energy	522	604	325	570	730	722	549	514	523	509	643	566	763	1573	1093	1042	1787	1172	904	757	1106	2256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:21AM 1.04	9:05AM 1.18			7:54PM 1.97				6:20AM 1.34				6:13PM 1.67	8:18PM 1.65				10:13AM 1.28				9:03PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			1:13PM 0.26								12:28PM 0.66					3:09AM -0.10				2:39PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	18	17	13	13	12	29	30	25	17	28	27	14	10	10	16	15	15	22	19	12
Chill °C (?)	12	9	18	16	12	12	12	29	30	25	16	28	27	13	10	10	15	14	14	22	19	12
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:21	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	11	11	7	13	13	13	11	16	16	8	12	12	12	16	8	16	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	15	15	11	17	16	17	13	13	11	12	13	13	16	13	12	13	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.9 NW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.7 NNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	2.5 NW	-	-	1.8 NW	2.1 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	4	-	7	-	-	5	4	5	4	8	-	-	8	11	-	9	9	9

	Tuesday 12																		Wednesday 13
	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	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Steamer Lane-Middle Peak CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	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	Agate Beach Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 NW	1.2 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14
Energy	527	525	536	528	604	604	679	599	325	569	570	570	694	730	546	608	722	722	1106	551	549	546
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					9:05AM 1.18										7:50PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)									1:13PM 0.26													2:27AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	13	10	11	14	14	18	17	17	17	13	15	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	13	9	9	13	13	18	16	16	16	13	14	11	14	12	12	12	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	6	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	15	15	14	14	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.9 NW	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	1.5 NW	0.4 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	3	3	3	-	4	-	11	-	-	11	3	7	7

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