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

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4

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3

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3

3

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Wave Height (m) & direction
0.5

S
0.6

SSW
1.2

S
1.2

S
1.3

S
1.6

SSW
1.5

S
2.2

WNW
2.2

WNW
1.3

SSW
2.2

NW
3.0

NW
1.6

NW
1.0

S
2.5

NNW
0.8

SSW
3.0

NW
2.5

NNW
0.8

SSW
1.6

NW
0.9

SSW
0.6

SW
Period(s)
2423202019181810101599914913891691524
Energy
6367521340214313621705343618631615154414033022928877156451711941493670876732602
Wind
(km/h)
15
5
5
15
10
5
10
0
5
5
5
5
5
5
0
10
5
5
10
0
0
5
Wind State
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
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off
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High Tide
/ height (m)

6:26PM
1.99
4:19AM
1.01
6:24AM
1.09
6:31PM
1.97

7:02AM
1.37
6:59PM
1.63

7:14AM
1.30

8:25PM
1.90
10:10AM
1.64

9:58PM
2.47
11:12AM
1.71

10:45PM
2.57
12:08PM
1.77

8:49PM
2.08
1:25PM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
0.31

11:03PM
0.60
12:13PM
0.33

12:10AM
0.36
12:09PM
0.90

2:02AM
0.00
12:00PM
0.87

3:41AM
-0.21




4:16PM
1.42

5:15AM
-0.11
4:28PM
0.78
4:18AM
-0.51
6:36AM
-0.20
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
1---------------------
High °C
12151712241928241817211417221217211416142019
Low °C
12141712231924221717201416211114201214131917
Chill °C
(?)
11141711241928241817211417221117211416142019
Sunrise
5:45--5:48--5:48--5:48--5:48--5:48--5:48--5:43
Sunset
-8:37--8:25--8:27--8:42--8:24--8:50--8:43--
Swell1 (m) & direction
0.9

WNW
0.8

WNW
1.2

S
2.1

WNW
1.3

S
1.6

SSW
2.0

WNW
1.2

SSW
2.2

WNW
1.9

NW
1.1

S
2.5

NW
1.6

NW
1.4

NW
0.7

SSW
0.9

NNW
3.0

NW
2.5

NNW
1.0

NW
1.6

NW
0.9

SSW
1.3

NW
Period (s)772010191810171010169991498999158
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.8

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.7

SW
1.2

S
0.5

SW
0.7

W
1.5

S
0.2

WNW
1.1

SSW
1.3

SSW

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0.9

SSW
1.0

S
1.0

S
0.7

WNW
0.9

WNW
0.4

SW
0.7

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.7

SSW
0.6

SW
Period (s)1414142013718161615-1514141110131316161224
Wind waves (m) & direction
-

-

-

-
1.7

WNW

-
2.5

WNW
2.2

WNW

-

-
2.2

NW
3.0

NW

-

-
2.5

NNW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
Period (s)----10-1010--99--9-------


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