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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 (?)
2.0

W
3.5

WSW
1.7

W
1.5

W
1.7

W
2.2

WSW
3.0

W
4.0

W
3.5

WNW
3.5

WNW
3.0

WNW
2.2

W
2.0

WNW
1.0

W
2.0

W
2.5

WSW
3.0

WSW
2.0

W
1.9

W
1.9

W
3.0

W
3.0

WNW
Period(s) (?)13121217161218161616161413101413141413151717
Energy(?)14763615934220423172545566175636585577842701856140056623752978318316301901290048565244
Wind
(km/h)
5
20
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10
10
15
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5
20
5
5
10
10
5
10
10
5
10
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10
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15
Wind State(?)cross-
off
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off
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off
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off
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off
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off
High Tide
/ height (m)


10:15PM
1.38
8:22AM
1.96

10:50PM
1.42
11:26AM
2.96

12:55AM
2.35
10:03AM
1.83

11:56PM
1.45
10:50AM
1.68

1:20AM
2.47

1:40PM
2.52
1:54AM
2.50

1:42PM
1.94
2:49AM
2.05

Low Tide
/ height (m)

2:59PM
-0.01
2:24AM
0.91

3:31PM
-0.41
3:16AM
0.80
5:34AM
0.95
6:44PM
-0.37

4:06AM
0.70
6:43PM
-0.34

4:55AM
0.61


7:48AM
0.67

7:25PM
0.43
7:52AM
0.97

8:15PM
0.17
9:00AM
0.48
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
20121716161514131615171522141317171824121917
Low °C
17121513121213121415161317131214151523111717
Chill °C (?)
20101716161514131515171522141317171824111916
Sunrise
7:11--7:33--7:26--6:50--7:01--7:31--7:05--6:47
Sunset
-5:21--5:22--5:34--5:21--5:21--5:28--5:38--
Swell1 (m) & direction
2.0

W
3.5

WSW
1.7

W
1.5

WSW
1.9

WSW
2.2

WSW
3.0

W
4.0

W
3.5

WNW
3.5

WNW
3.0

WNW
2.2

W
2.0

WNW
1.0

SW
2.0

W
2.5

WSW
3.0

WSW
2.0

W
1.9

W
2.0

WSW
3.0

W
3.0

WNW
Period (s)1312121111121816161616141391413141413121717
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.4

SSW
0.3

SW
0.4

SSW
1.5

W
1.7

W
1.6

W
1.8

WSW
0.3

SSW
0.3

SSW
0.3

SSW
0.4

SSW
0.1

S
0.2

SSW
1.0

W
1.1

W
1.2

WNW

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0.2

S
1.3

WNW
1.9

W
0.2

S
0.3

S
Period (s)15161517161511131312121812101816-1414151313
Wind waves (m) & direction
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-

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-
1.0

NNW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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-
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