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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Best forecast wave conditions in California
Rating
4

4

3

3

4

3

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

4

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4

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4

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Wave Height (m) & direction
3.0

NW
2.5

NW
1.0

SSW
1.0

S
2.2

NW
0.6

SSW
2.4

NNW
2.4

NNW
0.8

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.9

SSW
0.8

SW
1.0

SW
0.8

SW
1.1

SW
3.5

NNW
1.1

SW
1.1

SW
1.1

SW
1.0

SW
1.8

NW
Period(s)
98141491888161615142121201991818171610
Energy
2203180155880816247311145122064673171164990513701020134330747031366106211361270
Wind
(km/h)
15
5
15
5
10
10
5
5
10
5
5
15
5
5
10
5
5
5
5
5
10
5
Wind State
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
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High Tide
/ height (m)

8:32PM
1.90
8:32AM
1.17

9:13PM
2.10
11:12AM
1.71

10:45PM
2.57
12:08PM
1.77

9:48PM
2.08
11:12AM
1.27

11:34PM
2.16
1:54PM
1.85

1:18AM
2.52
1:08PM
1.15
2:56PM
1.40
12:36AM
2.26

3:44PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)

3:40AM
-0.21
1:16PM
0.55
2:32PM
1.21
4:38AM
-0.48

4:37PM
0.96

5:15AM
-0.11
4:28PM
0.78


4:32PM
1.21

6:57AM
-0.19
6:20PM
1.31

6:25AM
-0.46
7:21PM
0.77

8:37AM
0.01

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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
16172217171715141612162221121617121819141312
Low °C
15162016141515131312152021111416101818121112
Chill °C
(?)
15172217171715141611162221111617111819131211
Sunrise
--5:39--5:48--5:48--5:39--5:48--5:43--5:48-
Sunset
8:40--8:38--8:49--8:43--8:25--8:40--8:45--8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.2

S
2.1

NW
1.0

SSW
1.3

NW
1.6

NW
1.3

NW
2.4

NNW
2.4

NNW
0.9

NW
1.3

NW
0.8

SSW
0.9

SSW
0.9

SSW
1.1

NW
1.1

NW
1.1

SW
1.2

SW
1.1

SW
1.4

NW
1.2

NW
1.5

NW
1.8

NW
Period (s)168149998898151414891919181091010
Swell2 (m) & direction
-
0.9

SSW
0.5

W
1.0

S
0.9

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.6

SSW
0.7

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.7

SSW
0.4

SW
0.8

SW
1.0

SW
0.9

SSW
1.1

NW
0.5

SSW
0.6

S
1.1

SW
1.1

SW
1.0

SW
1.0

SW
Period (s)-15101414131313161612232121139131318171616
Wind waves (m) & direction
3.0

NW
2.5

NW

-

-
2.2

NW

-

-

-

-

-

-
0.3

W

-

-

-

-
3.5

NNW

-

-

-

-

-
Period (s)98--9------4----9-----


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