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 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Santa Cruz - 26th CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	4	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 W	2.2 WNW	1.5 W	0.8 SSW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	19	15	16	13	13	16	16	16	15	16	9	10	10	13	9	11	14	8	8	14
Energy(?)	349	423	607	367	383	647	630	854	681	703	592	515	622	1775	703	369	834	674	324	457	592	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			12:54AM 1.19			10:00PM 1.27		7:38PM 1.05	8:03PM 3:47AM 1.29 1.20						10:06PM 1.85		7:40PM 1.34		7:29AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	10:16AM 0.13			11:01AM -0.73			12:05PM 0.11		12:58AM 1.16	11:39AM 0.49				3:26PM 0.26	3:50AM 0.81			1:39AM 0.29	1:53PM 0.00	5:02PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	17	12	20	10	13	27	19	18	27	9	11	11	11	29	12	16	13	16	10	25
Low °C	25	26	17	9	19	9	12	27	18	18	26	7	9	11	9	27	11	15	11	15	7	23
Chill °C (?)	27	27	16	11	20	9	13	27	18	18	27	7	11	9	10	29	10	14	12	15	7	25
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:35	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	6:25	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 NW	0.7 SW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	16	8	16	8	8	16	16	16	15	7	9	10	10	13	15	13	9	16	16	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	12	15	12	13	13	12	15	15	6	16	15	14	15	6	15	16	14	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	1.1 NW	-	0.8 W	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	-	-	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	-	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	6	-	7	-	6	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	9	11	-	8	8	6

	Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Friday 10
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Celestino Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	13	13	13	16	16	6	7	16	17	18	18	16	15	9	17	18	18	18	13	16	16
Energy(?)	616	542	313	301	512	603	336	1065	581	703	822	787	513	513	533	768	554	603	549	537	520	529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:44AM 1.34														7:35PM 1.55	10:00PM 1.27		3:20AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)				10:00AM -0.75								9:48AM 0.76	11:51AM 0.62								12:50PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	15	15	17	23	18	28	22	19	23	22	25	18	14	10	10	23	17	16	17	11	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	15	17	23	17	28	22	19	23	22	25	18	13	10	10	23	17	16	17	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.4 S	1.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	6	6	7	6	12	16	13	7	12	17	18	18	8	9	9	17	18	18	18	8	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	16	12	16	16	16	13	5	12	16	15	14	12	5	5	5	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	-	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	6	7	7	6	7	-	5	5	8	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Sunset Boulevard CAL - LA County	Celestino Sinaloa	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 S	1.7 NW	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 NW	0.6 S	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	13	7	13	12	18	13	12	12	16	12	13	8	8	16	13	16	16	9	13	12
Energy(?)	696	639	354	645	465	371	97	254	291	314	352	456	265	306	309	559	263	291	278	486	197	133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	15	16	24	17	17	24	26	27	18	17	11	11	28	20	20	20	10	14	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	14	14	24	17	17	24	26	27	17	17	9	9	28	20	20	20	8	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 S	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.7 S	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.1 NW	0.6 S	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	6	6	13	6	13	12	6	6	12	12	12	12	13	8	8	12	7	7	7	9	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 W	0.6 S	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.5 WSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	6	13	11	6	13	13	18	6	16	11	7	10	10	16	13	13	13	11	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	6	6	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	-	-

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Maryland	New-Jersey	Rhode-Island
Massachusetts	New-York

Alaska United States	Oregon
British-Columbia	Washington

Alabama	Guatemala	Panama
Belize	Honduras	South-Carolina
Cayman Islands	Jamaica	Texas
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El Salvador	Mexico	Turks and Caicos Islands
Florida	Nicaragua	Virginia
Georgia-USA	North-Carolina

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