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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
4

4

4

4

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

3

3

3

5

4

4

4

5

4

Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9

WNW
2.2

NW
2.1

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.6

NW
1.6

NW
1.6

NW
1.7

NW
1.4

NW
2.5

WNW
3.0

W
3.0

W
2.1

NW
2.0

WNW
1.9

NW
1.2

WSW
0.4

WNW
1.9

SW
2.5

WSW
2.1

WNW
2.3

WNW
1.5

WNW
Period(s) (?)11111010111110101011121212111171071011129
Energy(?)10731324140414337388159811106885174430362619146590792022272459144818791847422
Wind
(km/h)
5
15
15
10
15
10
15
10
10
10
15
5
45
10
10
15
35
15
10
10
5
10
Wind State(?)glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrossglasscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
crossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:24AM
1.34
10:16AM
1.89

12:10AM
1.52
10:01AM
2.15

2:09AM
2.01
12:47PM
2.45

3:07AM
2.11

1:30PM
2.50
3:43AM
2.15

1:26PM
2.41
3:33AM
2.22

1:46PM
1.52

4:08AM
2.30
3:17PM
2.03

Low Tide
/ height (m)

4:14AM
1.02
5:05PM
0.16
3:53AM
1.31

5:42PM
0.18
7:20PM
-0.15
7:04AM
1.21

8:06PM
-0.14
7:52AM
1.30

8:42PM
-0.07
8:43AM
1.26

8:33PM
0.45
8:23AM
0.94

9:34PM
0.04
10:00AM
1.37

10:16PM
0.21
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
----7242--2234--661-510-
High °C
16101071312121110999158121612181714137
Low °C
1588612129101089712791511171613126
Chill °C (?)
1688512111010987912711159181713125
Sunrise
-7:45--7:37--7:37--7:50--7:50--7:28--7:11--
Sunset
--4:37--4:52--4:51--4:38--4:53--4:49--4:57-
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.9

WNW
2.2

NW
2.1

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.6

NW
1.6

NW
1.6

NW
1.7

NW
1.4

NW
2.5

WNW
3.0

W
3.0

W
2.1

NW
2.0

WNW
1.9

NW
1.2

WSW
0.4

WNW
0.4

SW
2.5

WSW
2.1

WNW
2.3

WNW
1.5

WNW
Period (s)111110101111101010111212121111710131011129
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.8

NW
1.2

WSW
0.2

SSW
1.6

SW
1.0

SW
1.2

SW
1.2

SW
1.3

WSW
1.1

WSW
0.1

SW
0.1

SW
0.1

SW
1.4

S
0.2

WSW
0.4

SW
0.4

SW
0.3

WNW
0.2

S
0.4

SW
2.1

SW
1.6

SW
0.4

NW
Period (s)1491210671099131816716151313121210911
Wind waves (m) & direction
-

-
1.8

SW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
1.7

S
3.0

S
1.9

SW

-

-

-
1.0

SSW
Period (s)--9------------697---4


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