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
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4

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4

4

3

3

3

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4

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Wave Height (m) & direction
1.0

SSW
2.0

NW
2.4

NW
1.4

NW
2.2

NNW
2.4

NNW
0.8

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.9

SSW
1.0

S
0.8

SW
2.2

NW
0.9

SW
1.1

SW
1.1

SW
2.1

NW
2.3

NW
2.3

NW
2.3

NW
2.3

NW
2.5

NW
0.9

SW
Period(s)
148998816161515218211919999991015
Energy
55810231409803107312205957567677409021432114015031067109714541430130713391510609
Wind
(km/h)
15
5
0
10
5
5
10
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
10
10
10
0
15
Wind State
cross-
off
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off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
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off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:32AM
1.17

9:08PM
2.02
11:12AM
1.71

10:45PM
2.57
12:08PM
1.77

8:49PM
2.08
12:27PM
1.60

12:07AM
3.06


10:28PM
2.01

3:07PM
2.32
1:56AM
2.83

3:56PM
2.36
2:54AM
2.61

Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
0.55
2:40PM
0.68
4:30AM
-0.41

4:37PM
0.96

5:15AM
-0.11
4:28PM
0.78
4:18AM
-0.51
5:32AM
-0.17
4:32PM
1.21

7:08AM
-0.71
6:20PM
0.79

8:16AM
-0.13

8:06PM
1.39
9:06AM
0.02

9:11PM
1.35
9:07AM
0.21
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
22201318151417132022221714132018181515151314
Low °C
19191115151313131920211713131916171314151113
Chill °C
(?)
22201318151417122022221714122018181514141313
Sunrise
5:39--5:48--5:48--5:48--5:46--5:43--5:43--5:48
Sunset
-8:43--8:49--8:43--8:25--8:43--8:51--8:51--
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.0

SSW
2.0

NW
2.4

NW
1.4

NW
2.2

NNW
2.4

NNW
0.8

SSW
1.3

NW
0.9

SSW
1.0

S
0.9

SSW
2.2

NW
1.3

NW
1.5

NW
1.1

SW
2.1

NW
2.3

NW
2.3

NW
2.3

NW
2.3

NW
2.5

NW
1.1

NW
Period (s)148998816815151489919999991010
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.5

W
1.0

S
0.9

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.7

SSW
0.7

SSW
0.7

S
0.8

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.6

NW
0.8

SW
0.8

SW
0.9

SW
1.1

SW
0.8

SSW
0.8

SW
1.0

SW
1.0

SW
0.9

SW
0.8

SW
0.8

SW
0.9

SW
Period (s)1014141313131316127212121191418181816161615
Wind waves (m) & direction
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-

-

-

-

-

-

-
0.3

WNW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
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