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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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9

NW
2.5

NW
3.0

NW
2.5

NW
2.5

NW
1.6

NW
1.6

WNW
2.5

NW
1.1

WNW
0.9

SSW
2.1

NW
3.0

NW
0.9

SSW
2.2

NW
0.8

SSW
0.9

SSW
2.1

NW
1.9

NW
1.5

WNW
1.6

NW
1.5

NW
1.7

NW
Period(s) (?)9910991010991410101810181899109109
Energy(?)5351172159798493753052011262013518591639540851418438669562430459433447
Wind
(km/h)
5
10
0
10
10
0
15
10
0
10
5
10
5
10
5
10
10
0
10
20
20
10
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High Tide
/ height (m)
1:43PM
1.31

11:01PM
2.20
12:46PM
1.50
2:17PM
1.47
12:42AM
1.85

2:42PM
1.42
1:20AM
1.75

3:59PM
1.87
2:07AM
1.60

4:10PM
2.42
3:18AM
1.42

4:47PM
2.50

5:09AM
1.55
4:59PM
2.19

5:58AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)

5:50PM
0.88

6:00AM
0.14
6:55PM
0.91

7:45AM
-0.24
7:29PM
0.81

8:20AM
-0.15

8:28PM
0.74
9:26AM
0.49

9:33PM
0.64
10:04AM
0.69

11:31PM
0.54
11:08AM
0.37

12:22AM
0.84
11:00AM
0.55
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
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Low °C
17151218181112151228191228171514141214181213
Chill °C (?)
20161419191412151430191430171515131317191513
Sunrise
5:56--5:54--5:58--5:41--5:41--6:00--6:01--6:01
Sunset
-8:43--8:49--8:47--8:42--8:42--8:45--8:23--
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.9

NW
2.5

NW
3.0

NW
2.5

NW
2.5

NW
1.6

NW
1.6

WNW
2.5

NW
1.3

NNW
0.9

SSW
2.1

NW
3.0

NW
1.0

S
2.2

NW
1.1

NW
1.1

NW
2.1

NW
1.9

NW
1.5

WNW
1.4

NW
0.8

SSW
0.6

SSW
Period (s)991099101091014101013101110991091515
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.5

SW
0.6

SSW
0.6

SSW
0.4

SW
1.2

WNW
0.7

SSW
1.1

NNW
0.6

SSW
1.1

WNW
0.6

S
0.4

SSW
0.4

S
0.9

SSW
0.5

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.9

SSW
0.5

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.9

SSW
0.4

S
0.4

S
Period (s)17171717111691599131518151818181616151818
Wind waves (m) & direction
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
0.7

WNW

-

-
0.6

WNW

-

-

-

-

-

-
1.6

NW
1.5

NW
1.7

NW
Period (s)---------4--4------9109

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