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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 (?)
2.2

WNW
2.5

NW
1.5

WNW
2.1

NW
0.9

W
0.8

WNW
2.1

WNW
2.1

WNW
2.1

WNW
2.2

W
2.1

W
2.0

W
1.8

W
1.3

W
2.1

W
2.3

WSW
1.6

W
1.5

W
1.6

W
3.5

W
4.0

WNW
0.6

WNW
Period(s) (?)1210131081513121213121212131212111111111313
Energy(?)13371230866849134402154013031298166413541113102211311286141467463763628384981396
Wind
(km/h)
15
30
15
5
10
10
10
5
10
5
5
5
5
0
10
10
10
5
5
20
0
10
Wind State(?)cross-
off
cross-
on
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off
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off
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off
cross-
off
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High Tide
/ height (m)

3:14PM
1.00

4:17AM
0.64
7:00PM
1.71

6:36AM
2.23
5:42PM
1.21

4:14AM
2.08

8:44PM
1.21
8:14AM
2.47

10:44PM
2.09
9:41AM
3.01

11:49PM
2.11
10:26AM
3.08

12:37AM
2.22
11:19AM
3.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:11AM
0.63

11:13PM
0.53
11:23AM
-0.43
1:08PM
0.58
12:15AM
0.82


9:25PM
0.95
11:42AM
0.29
2:02PM
-0.08
12:48AM
0.85

4:06PM
-0.20
3:43AM
1.21

4:56PM
-0.47

4:23AM
1.20
5:45PM
-0.57

5:20AM
1.15
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
1491711671010899711118121412118817
Low °C
1291596589668789791310118616
Chill °C (?)
135171146910699611117121411105817
Sunrise
7:09--7:31--7:52--7:52--7:52--7:52--7:41--7:20
Sunset
-4:54--4:31--4:43--4:44--4:45--4:58--4:45--
Swell1 (m) & direction
2.2

WNW
0.4

SSW
1.5

WNW
2.1

NW
0.9

W
0.9

NW
2.1

WNW
2.1

WNW
2.1

WNW
2.2

W
2.1

W
2.0

W
1.8

W
1.5

W
2.1

W
2.3

WSW
1.6

W
1.5

W
1.6

W
3.5

W
4.0

WNW
0.9

WNW
Period (s)1281310881312121312121211121211111111137
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.2

SSW
0.2

WSW
0.2

SSW
0.1

SW
0.3

W
0.8

WNW
0.1

SW
0.2

WSW
0.2

WSW
0.1

W

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0.6

W
1.3

W
0.1

W
0.2

WNW
0.3

WNW
0.5

WNW
0.3

WNW

-
0.1

SW
0.7

WNW
Period (s)12151214141513131316--15132115151413-1210
Wind waves (m) & direction
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2.5

NW
1.0

NW

-
0.3

SSE

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
1.2

WNW
Period (s)-106-3----------------6


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