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

	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tue
	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	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Cayucos Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Santa Cruz Rockview Street CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	41st Ave (The Hook - Shark Cove) CAL - Santa Cruz	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Hammerland CAL - LA County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Usal Beach CAL - Mendocino County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Fullers CAL - Monterey
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	6	4	4	7	5	4	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 SSW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.2 NW	1.3 W	3.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	14	11	14	11	11	12	15	11	9	14	9	10	10	9	8	12	11	11	12	8	11	10
Energy	502	737	342	502	607	1556	711	1135	915	656	1248	1326	623	394	1179	592	4375	5765	3126	1030	1208	910
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:54PM 1.97		6:51AM 1.66		9:00PM 1.72	7:42AM 1.70		9:02PM 2.27	7:55AM 1.41		9:40PM 2.38	9:21AM 1.67		9:37PM 2.45	11:33AM 1.12		9:57PM 2.38	12:10PM 1.39	2:13PM 1.99	10:45PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)	11:52AM 0.64		12:42AM 0.55	12:28PM 0.66		3:55AM -0.02	1:04PM 0.71	2:40PM 0.33	4:10AM 0.19	1:08PM 0.65	3:22PM 0.63	4:58AM 0.02		3:10PM 0.48			4:32PM 0.71		5:28AM -0.08	6:46PM 1.38		7:29AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	22	17	21	13	17	20	15	30	21	15	16	18	14	19	18	14	14	20	16	20
Low °C	15	16	19	16	20	10	16	19	10	28	20	9	15	18	13	17	17	14	14	20	15	18
Chill °C (?)	17	16	22	16	21	11	16	20	15	30	21	14	15	18	12	19	17	12	14	20	16	20
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:04	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WNW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	3.5 NW	0.5 WNW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	11	14	11	11	13	15	16	9	14	15	10	14	14	14	12	13	13	12	16	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	15	12	13	13	18	12	10	16	6	16	14	10	10	10	13	18	16	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 NW	0.6 NNW	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.7 NW	1.8 WNW	-	-	2.4 WNW	-	1.2 NW	1.3 W	3.0 WNW	1.3 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	6	12	5	11	-	-	9	-	10	9	8	7	11	11	-	8	-	-

	Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	14	14	11	11	11	12	16	17	12	16	16	8	12	12	12	11	15	16
Energy	1163	528	522	604	537	570	862	704	520	693	523	509	686	731	763	1638	1701	1224	1206	1190	759	1137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:21AM 1.04	9:05AM 1.18			7:54PM 1.97				6:20AM 1.34				6:13PM 1.67	8:18PM 1.65				10:13AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)					11:52AM 0.64					2:27AM 0.14			1:24PM 0.75					3:09AM -0.10			1:04PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	11	17	17	14	13	13	12	30	25	15	18	29	15	10	9	16	15	18	18
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	9	17	16	13	13	12	12	30	25	14	17	29	14	10	9	16	14	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	16	16	8	12	12	12	16	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 NW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	16	17	14	13	11	12	13	13	16	13	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	0.6 WNW	-	1.1 NW	0.6 W	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	-	-	2.1 WNW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	3	5	6	7	7	-	5	-	11	4	8	8	-	-	11	5	12

	Tuesday 12
	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	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Drakes Estero CAL - Marin County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Steamer Lane-The Point CAL - Santa Cruz	Arroyo Laguna CAL - San Luis Obispo	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	15	15	11	11	11	11	14	14	11	14	14	15	11	11	15	6	12	12
Energy	1134	612	547	1008	546	512	798	525	774	528	468	472	686	537	359	668	652	665	591	573	594	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									7:16AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)			1:47AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	11	9	15	15	13	11	15	14	30	26	14	17	30	17	19	19	14	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	8	15	15	13	11	15	14	30	26	13	17	30	17	19	19	14	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	15	15	11	11	11	11	14	14	11	12	14	11	15	15	11	15	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	16	16	16	12	12	15	15	15	15	5	11	15	14	10	15	13	13	15	11	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	11	11	-	6	3	3

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