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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
1.8

WNW
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

WNW
3.5

W
4.0

WNW
0.6

WNW
Period(s) (?)1214131081513121213121212131212111111121313
Energy(?)13371276866849134402154013031298166413541113102211311286141467463766531554981396
Wind
(km/h)
10
35
5
5
10
10
5
5
10
10
5
10
10
0
10
10
5
10
10
35
5
5
Wind State(?)cross-
off
cross-
off
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off
offcross-
off
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off
cross-
off
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on
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off
High Tide
/ height (m)

2:39PM
1.36

4:25AM
1.54
5:07PM
0.89

7:01AM
2.67


4:59AM
2.09
6:08PM
1.35

7:23AM
2.13

10:37PM
1.55
9:41AM
3.01

11:40PM
2.22
10:26AM
3.08

12:37AM
2.22
11:19AM
3.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:17AM
1.02

9:07PM
0.41
11:32AM
0.41

10:19PM
0.48

2:13PM
0.27
9:55PM
1.00
12:34PM
0.28

10:29PM
0.99

2:55PM
-0.28
2:53AM
1.01

4:59PM
-0.41

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
141817116791081010711108121312147716
Low °C
12161596588677679891110126614
Chill °C (?)
13171711458971010611106121311142516
Sunrise
7:11--7:31--7:52--7:52--7:52--7:52--7:41--7:20
Sunset
-4:49--4:31--4:43--4:44--4:45--4:58--4:37--
Swell1 (m) & direction
2.2

WNW
1.8

WNW
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

WNW
3.5

W
4.0

WNW
0.9

WNW
Period (s)12141310881312121312121211121211111112137
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.2

SSW
0.3

SW
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
0.6

WNW
0.1

S
0.1

SW
0.7

WNW
Period (s)12151214141513131316--15132115151413121210
Wind waves (m) & direction
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1.3

WNW
1.0

NW

-
0.3

SSE

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
1.2

WNW
Period (s)-66-3----------------6


List of all animated swell maps

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