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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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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5

W
3.5

WNW
3.5

W
4.0

WNW
3.5

W
2.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
2.2

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.6

NW
1.2

WSW
2.1

WSW
1.4

W
1.5

W
1.9

WNW
1.0

SSW
1.0

WNW
1.2

NW
1.6

NW
2.5

WNW
2.3

WNW
1.1

WNW
Period(s) (?)1515131313131213131312111111141615915141314
Energy(?)8728526737756006525414322046154114381088536113496794716509801168436131527911917916
Wind
(km/h)
15
20
5
10
5
5
15
10
10
5
5
10
5
10
5
15
15
10
10
10
10
10
Wind State(?)cross-
off
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off
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High Tide
/ height (m)
10:30AM
2.19

11:58PM
1.66
12:05PM
2.58

1:05AM
1.20
11:01AM
1.98
1:22PM
2.90
3:35AM
2.12



4:40AM
2.08
3:14PM
2.50

4:08AM
1.58
2:22PM
1.49

6:46AM
2.15
5:47PM
2.06

5:58AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)

5:51PM
-0.56

6:05AM
0.87
5:57PM
-0.07

4:44AM
0.90

8:38PM
-0.51
7:37AM
1.51

9:34PM
-0.34
9:29AM
1.23

10:35PM
-0.15
8:32AM
1.32

9:44PM
0.00
12:19PM
1.12

12:38AM
0.23
11:56AM
1.05
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Summary
light rainclearrain shwrsclearsome cloudsclearsome cloudsclearclearclearsome cloudssome cloudsclearclearsome cloudsclearclearsome cloudssome cloudscloudycloudyclear
Rain (mm)
1-2-------------------
High °C
17191513121515211820161527272422221118171521
Low °C
16171412111511191819151427222422221015141419
Chill °C (?)
16191512121514211820161527272422221018171421
Sunrise
6:52--7:01--7:03--5:56--6:39--5:58--7:07--6:43
Sunset
-5:05--4:57--5:04--4:54--5:01--4:50--4:51--
Swell1 (m) & direction
4.5

W
3.5

WNW
3.5

W
4.0

WNW
3.5

W
2.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
2.2

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.6

NW
1.2

WSW
2.1

WSW
1.4

W
1.5

W
1.9

WNW
1.0

SSW
1.0

WNW
1.2

NW
1.6

NW
2.5

WNW
2.3

WNW
1.1

WNW
Period (s)1515131313131213131312111111141615915141314
Swell2 (m) & direction
-
0.4

SSW

-
1.7

SW
1.6

NW
0.4

SW
0.9

NW
0.2

SSW
0.4

SSW
0.7

SSW
0.7

NW
0.5

NW
0.7

WNW
0.7

WNW
0.8

SSW
0.9

NW
1.0

SSW
0.6

WSW
1.1

WNW
0.4

SW
0.4

SW
0.8

SSW
Period (s)-12-101214121918161211161615121698131614
Wind waves (m) & direction
1.5

SSW
0.8

WNW

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
0.9

SSW
0.9

S
Period (s)84------------------44


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