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

	Wed		Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Port Orford Oregon South	Pescaderos CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Agate Beach Oregon South	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Bastendorff Beach Oregon South	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	De Haven Creek CAL - Mendocino County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Gale Point CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	10	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	12	13	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	12
Energy(?)	401	1957	347	939	2257	963	1621	626	588	719	1316	718	827	1656	541	565	713	957	878	1668	1089	1104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:29PM 1.91	10:37AM 1.80		11:27PM 1.47	12:21PM 1.18		1:41AM 2.26			2:46AM 2.38		2:23PM 0.97	1:14AM 1.47		4:09PM 1.31	1:30AM 1.25			3:03AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			4:36AM 0.62	4:39PM 0.63		6:03AM 0.21	6:42PM 0.48	7:27PM 0.52	6:46AM 0.22	5:19PM 0.96	8:31PM 0.74	8:53AM 0.72	6:30PM 0.83		8:33AM 0.28			9:46AM 0.29			11:31AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	9	21	17	13	16	17	10	11	9	9	17	18	8	23	19	16	19	14	7	24	12
Low °C	14	8	17	12	11	14	14	9	10	9	8	16	13	6	21	14	13	15	9	6	22	12
Chill °C (?)	16	7	21	16	12	16	16	10	10	7	8	17	18	5	23	19	16	19	12	4	24	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.2 S	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.1 SW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	10	11	16	11	11	15	10	10	10	13	9	12	13	10	12	10	10	14	12	10	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	0.1 SW	1.1 WNW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	16	13	15	15	13	14	16	15	16	13	12	15	12	16	11	11	11	18	20	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	1.8 NW
Period (s)	7	-	9	10	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	12

	Wednesday 04				Thursday 05								Friday 06								Sat
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Pescaderos CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	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
Rating	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	301	474	702	731	1288	1413	1114	2340	2123	676	1650	3278	1299	1275	1089	1941	1041	2294	2281	1424	1333	1204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					11:00PM 1.45				11:33AM 1.31				11:54PM 1.48				11:40AM 1.19				12:08AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			4:14PM 0.46				6:10AM 0.28								6:03AM 0.21				5:49PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	22	16	14	10	9	7	9	17	21	8	7	11	10	9	16	18	18	15	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	22	15	13	8	8	4	7	17	21	8	5	11	10	7	15	18	18	15	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.2 S	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	14	14	16	16	8	8	16	12	10	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	17	15	14	13	12	12	14	16	13	15	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	-	10	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Port Orford Oregon South	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Pescaderos CAL - Santa Barbara	Agate Beach Oregon South	Gold Bluffs Beach CAL - Humboldt	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	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	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
Rating	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	9	7	7	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	280	311	294	335	355	286	480	1916	367	425	2198	1041	579	544	600	1076	1322	1413	1409	872	1889	2029
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														11:31PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)																				5:21AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	22	21	22	17	16	13	9	11	15	9	8	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	15	22	21	22	16	14	10	6	8	15	6	6	7	8	8	7	6	8	8	7	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 SW	2.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	2.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	9	15	15	14	12	13	14	9	13	15	12	10	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	16	18	18	18	14	15	12	12	14	12	12	12	15	15	16	16	13	12	12	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.3 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	8	7	7	10	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	9	9

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