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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	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			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	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Agate Beach Oregon South	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Florence-South Jetty Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Asilomar CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	1.2 S	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	1.6 NW	1.2 SSW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	19	16	9	12	14	14	15	14	13	6	6	7	16	13	9	18	9	18	17	15	16	16
Energy(?)	522	1306	372	613	838	590	563	462	363	74	565	463	395	276	630	957	802	552	622	548	566	658
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	on	cross	off	glass	cross	off	glass	on	off	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:46AM 1.33		10:54PM 1.93			10:29PM 2.05	11:48AM 1.31		11:25PM 1.40		5:09PM 1.89	4:11AM 2.09			10:08PM 1.38			1:27AM 1.60			3:39AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)		4:35PM 0.93		7:27AM 0.43	3:13PM 0.71		5:37AM 0.50	4:50PM 0.63		10:49AM 0.10		10:09PM 1.14	5:51AM 0.59			8:19AM 0.67			11:16AM 0.67		12:16AM 1.12	11:39AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	2	-	-
High °C	24	19	15	17	27	18	14	18	18	22	21	17	28	19	7	28	12	14	15	15	19	19
Low °C	20	19	12	12	27	18	13	18	17	18	21	17	27	19	4	26	11	13	13	15	18	18
Chill °C (?)	24	19	14	17	27	17	14	17	17	22	21	16	28	19	4	28	11	13	15	15	19	19
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	6:59	-	-	6:36	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.2 S	1.2 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 W	1.6 NW	1.2 SSW	1.8 NW	0.8 SSW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	10	16	6	12	14	14	11	14	13	6	14	13	12	7	9	18	9	18	10	9	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	1.1 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.3 SSE	0.7 NW	0.8 S	0.1 SW	0.5 NW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	19	10	9	6	9	10	15	20	10	14	18	11	6	13	11	13	15	8	17	15	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 NW	-	-	0.5 W	0.7 NW	-	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW	-	2.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	6	5	-	5	6	-	6	7	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	7	5	4

	Saturday 04						Sunday 05								Monday 06
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	16	11	11	18	15	16	15	16	16	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	13
Energy(?)	1022	1198	1024	638	1020	1022	1132	528	528	613	649	565	688	679	626	626	564	682	519	513	526	532
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			11:41AM 1.42			10:07PM 2.12						3:54PM 1.81		9:29PM 1.63					11:48AM 1.31	3:48PM 1.26		9:44PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)									5:47AM 0.01	9:20AM -0.05						4:30AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	17	17	24	23	18	18	20	20	17	18	16	25	25	24	24	25	19	19	13	26	26
Chill °C (?)	24	17	17	24	23	17	17	20	20	17	18	16	25	25	24	24	25	19	18	13	26	26
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	16	11	11	10	15	16	15	16	16	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 SSE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.8 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.1 SW	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	18	18	18	12	12	10	10	10	6	7	6	21	21	4	4	5	20	10	11	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.8 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.5 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	5	12	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	4	-	-	10	6	-	6	6

	Saturday 04																		Sunday 05
	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	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate Beach Oregon South	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Agate Beach Oregon South	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	16	11	11	10	16	16	16	18	18	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	18	15	15
Energy(?)	1034	1154	1070	607	1009	1321	1321	452	452	341	380	326	1032	1056	1020	971	992	1022	995	483	970	957
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					9:46AM 1.33	10:38AM 1.61											9:12PM 1.68	10:07PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	16	16	22	26	19	19	24	24	17	18	17	25	24	23	23	24	18	18	15	24	24
Chill °C (?)	23	16	16	22	26	19	19	24	24	16	18	16	25	24	23	23	24	17	17	14	24	24
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.4 S	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 WNW	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	16	11	11	10	16	12	12	18	18	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	9	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 WNW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	18	18	19	6	16	16	16	16	13	14	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.8 NNW	-	1.0 NNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	5	-	5	7	8	8	8	8	5	5	-	8	8

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