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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

9

9

9

8

6

6

6

5

5

4

4

4

4

4

5

5

9

8

5

5

Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.0

SSW
1.8

NW
3.0

W
1.9

WNW
4.5

WNW
4.5

W
4.0

WNW
3.5

W
3.5

WNW
3.0

WNW
3.0

WNW
3.0

WNW
2.2

WNW
2.0

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.3

WNW
3.5

SW
2.3

WSW
2.5

WNW
5.0

W
3.5

W
3.5

WNW
Period(s) (?)21111414171615141414141313141412101013161515
Energy(?)127215233826187511762105987631564555653882403331982036157415507013969171838161269860756079
Wind
(km/h)
10
5
35
10
10
20
0
10
15
0
0
10
20
5
15
35
20
25
10
5
15
15
Wind State(?)offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
crossglassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscrossoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)

7:47AM
1.34
6:32PM
1.25

5:57AM
1.45
5:52PM
1.40
11:05PM
2.07
8:19AM
1.99

10:53PM
2.26
11:02AM
2.74

11:28PM
1.82
10:21AM
2.12

12:25AM
1.83
10:49AM
2.14

1:42AM
2.26
12:59PM
2.86

2:38AM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:50PM
0.50
1:24PM
0.73

1:07AM
0.16
12:02PM
0.61

4:52AM
1.19

2:47PM
0.20
4:52AM
0.45

5:42PM
-0.03
4:56AM
0.49

7:55PM
0.52


5:51PM
-0.37

7:16AM
0.70


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Summary
clearclearheavy rainclearclearrain shwrsclearclearsome cloudsclearclearcloudyrain shwrsclearclearlight rainheavy rainheavy rainrain shwrsclearclearclear
Rain (mm)
--24--2------4--134138---
High °C
24231116181412111311131215191816151816131815
Low °C
24191014161310101211121112171815151614131713
Chill °C (?)
2423816181211101210131014191814131716131814
Sunrise
-7:28--7:47--7:58--7:45--7:33--7:45--7:48--
Sunset
--6:01--6:05--6:01--6:01--6:05--6:07--6:06-
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.0

SSW
1.3

WNW
3.0

W
1.9

WNW
4.5

WNW
4.5

W
4.0

WNW
3.5

W
3.5

WNW
3.0

WNW
3.0

WNW
3.0

WNW
2.2

WNW
2.0

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.3

SW
3.5

SW
2.3

WSW
2.5

WNW
5.0

W
3.5

W
3.5

WNW
Period (s)2110141417161514141414131314147101013161515
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.7

SW
0.8

NW
0.4

SW
0.8

SSW
0.5

SSW
0.4

SW
0.5

SW
0.5

SW
0.4

SW
0.7

SSW
0.7

SSW
0.4

SW
1.6

WSW
0.5

SSW
0.4

SSW
1.3

WNW
1.0

WNW
1.3

WNW
1.7

WSW
0.2

SSW
0.2

SSW
0.4

SSW
Period (s)1611182020161818151615168131312131310161614
Wind waves (m) & direction
0.4

W
1.8

NW
2.2

S

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
1.7

SSE
2.5

S
1.0

SSE

-

-

-

-
Period (s)7117------------685----


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