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

	Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	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	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Studio Drive CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	4	3	2	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	11	7	14	9	7	8	17	11	16	9	11	11	11	11	14	11	16	16	10	16	10	15
Energy	301	641	329	298	610	1143	816	959	737	870	881	971	664	581	345	555	671	643	263	670	1107	338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:30PM 1.55	12:55AM 1.61		5:36PM 1.15	4:44AM 1.14		7:05PM 1.22		7:50AM 1.60	6:00PM 1.78		6:10AM 1.16	5:48PM 1.53		8:17AM 1.12			7:42AM 1.70	7:24PM 2.34	9:03PM 1.69	11:25AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	9:51AM -0.74			10:52AM 0.56		11:44PM 0.85	12:00PM 0.11		12:50AM 0.68			1:09AM 0.91	12:22PM 0.19		2:27AM 0.14	1:51PM 0.33		2:44AM 0.41	1:04PM 0.71		3:51AM -0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	12	21	21	13	18	20	28	19	13	16	16	15	25	16	31	28	13	16	13	22
Low °C	15	19	10	18	20	12	16	19	27	17	13	13	15	15	24	13	30	25	13	16	11	18
Chill °C (?)	22	19	11	21	21	11	18	20	28	19	12	15	16	14	25	16	31	28	13	15	12	22
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	7:57	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:15	-	-	6:51	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	11	17	14	9	16	18	10	11	16	9	11	11	11	11	14	11	16	16	10	11	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	9	15	14	14	17	18	13	16	16	16	15	15	12	13	9	11	7	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	-	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	1.5 NW	0.5 WNW	-	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 W	0.4 N	-	-	1.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	7	8	-	8	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	6	3	-	-	10	-

	Friday 08						Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	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	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	1.2 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW
Period(s)	7	11	18	7	21	8	8	8	8	11	19	8	16	18	19	8	8	8	16	16	10	7
Energy	687	224	479	452	578	1622	1314	1160	1096	553	953	293	515	1159	1033	1310	1374	1341	801	776	1179	1080
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								3:20AM 1.20					5:36PM 1.05			4:44AM 1.14					7:08PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)		10:29AM 0.50				10:02PM 0.96								10:12PM 1.09	12:13AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	24	17	24	25	16	15	15	17	16	18	23	18	26	12	16	16	18	18	18	14	13
Chill °C (?)	12	24	16	24	25	15	14	14	17	16	17	23	18	26	12	16	16	18	18	17	14	13
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	8:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	7	11	12	18	21	8	8	8	8	11	19	8	16	18	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	18	13	14	18	18	19	20	13	11	16	9	12	19	18	18	13	16	16	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW	0.6 W	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 NW	-	1.0 NW	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.5 NW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 NW	-	-	1.6 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	7	6	6	7	6	8	8	8	8	-	7	-	-	4	7	8	8	8	-	-	8	7

	Friday 08																		Saturday 09
	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	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County
Rating	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 NW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	7	11	13	12	18	7	7	7	7	16	12	7	18	20	7	8	8	8	21	20	8	18
Energy	669	252	413	324	318	351	408	388	470	315	392	258	194	570	375	690	698	917	608	637	885	533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)													5:16PM 0.95							12:55AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)						10:23AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	17	15	18	27	19	19	19	19	13	18	22	18	25	15	16	13	12	16	16	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	17	14	18	27	19	19	19	19	12	17	22	18	25	15	15	12	9	15	15	11	11
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.5 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	7	11	13	12	6	11	11	13	13	10	12	11	6	20	10	18	8	18	12	12	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	18	13	18	13	13	16	16	16	18	18	18	14	18	13	18	16	21	20	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	-	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	1.0 NW	1.2 WNW	-	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	2.3 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	7	6	6	7	-	7	7	7	7	-	6	7	-	6	7	8	-	8	6	6	8	6

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