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

	Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Avila Beach CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Willow Creek CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 NW	0.5 SSW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	16	11	10	14	9	9	15	16	7	13	10	11	14	9	10	14	10	14	14
Energy(?)	676	566	435	352	2089	940	443	444	657	390	347	541	239	1686	2053	454	847	669	389	616	669	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	on	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									9:46PM 1.54			10:38PM 1.93						10:25PM 1.61	12:39PM 1.05			12:36PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	12:24PM 0.08							3:03PM 0.07	3:43AM 0.45		4:51PM 0.23	4:52AM 0.21						4:50AM -0.24	6:38AM -0.12			5:34AM -0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	26	24	10	13	12	17	16	12	31	14	12	11	9	8	27	16	15	26	16	17	25
Low °C	25	26	18	9	13	10	17	14	8	29	14	11	8	9	5	25	15	11	24	16	15	23
Chill °C (?)	28	26	24	10	12	11	17	15	9	31	12	9	11	6	5	27	14	14	26	16	16	25
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:34	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	8	11	10	14	14	14	15	16	14	8	10	11	14	14	10	14	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	5	9	8	16	14	15	18	18	18	6	13	13	12	13	14	6	18	14	10	16	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	1.8 WNW	1.8 NW	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	2.1 NW	-	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	6	7	-	-	-	6	9	-	6	10	9	6

	Saturday 11						Sunday 12								Monday 13
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SW	1.3 W	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	9	9	15	15	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	11	9
Energy(?)	595	543	712	566	558	557	565	1229	1060	509	266	563	1375	1361	1260	1011	1009	526	450	539	550	1035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	flow	flow	flow	flow	mid-flow	high	flow	mid-ebb	low	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	flow	flow	high
High Tide / height (m)									7:35AM 1.45													9:09PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)			11:59AM 0.58									2:58PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	20	26	25	25	25	8	9	23	10	11	13	12	11	11	12	13	13	18	18	11
Chill °C (?)	17	11	20	26	25	25	25	4	7	23	8	11	12	12	11	10	12	13	12	18	18	10
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 NW	1.3 W	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	9	9	15	6	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	14	9	9	9	11	16	16	13	10	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.4 NW	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	3	8	-	-	6	9	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	9

	Saturday 11																		Sunday 12
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Black Point Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Point St George CAL - Del Norte County	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	15	15	8
Energy(?)	596	694	620	701	693	676	573	615	560	673	310	286	548	707	707	707	702	638	580	539	537	842
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:03AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)							11:39AM 0.49		1:45PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	6	3	1	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	12	19	26	26	28	28	13	12	27	11	11	16	13	12	11	15	12	12	18	18	12
Chill °C (?)	16	10	19	26	26	28	28	11	9	27	10	11	15	10	10	10	13	9	9	18	18	9
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.1 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	15	5	5	5	5	12	11	15	15	11	7	12	12	12	12	11	8	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	5	8	4	-	-	6	6	6	5	7	7	8	8	8

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