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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 (?)
1.7

WNW
1.9

WNW
2.2

NW
2.1

WNW
2.1

WNW
1.3

WNW
1.4

NW
1.4

NW
1.7

NW
1.4

NW
3.5

W
3.5

W
3.0

WNW
2.4

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.7

WNW
1.8

NW
0.9

NW
3.0

NW
2.5

WNW
4.0

WNW
2.5

W
Period(s) (?)1111111010111110101010121212101091210121212
Energy(?)7611073134714691443488937975117089723783172218416038715855194131921183465721980
Wind
(km/h)
10
5
15
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20
15
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10
10
5
10
10
30
10
15
5
Wind State(?)cross-
off
cross-
off
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off
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High Tide
/ height (m)

12:17AM
1.34
10:16AM
1.89

12:10AM
1.52
10:01AM
2.15

12:51AM
1.52
12:04PM
2.60

3:07AM
2.11

1:30PM
2.50
3:43AM
2.15

2:14PM
2.37
3:13AM
1.85

2:32PM
1.83
3:54AM
1.58

3:17PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:18PM
-0.16

4:14AM
1.02
5:42PM
-0.17
3:53AM
1.31

5:42PM
0.18

6:19AM
1.57

8:06PM
-0.14
7:52AM
1.30

8:42PM
-0.07
8:43AM
1.26

8:03PM
0.39
8:57AM
1.05

8:44PM
0.11
9:36AM
0.83

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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
171610108101212101099989882010101214
Low °C
1615986101210109878876619891112
Chill °C (?)
17168868101099677787520781114
Sunrise
--7:45--7:39--7:37--7:50--7:50--6:28--7:16-
Sunset
4:54--4:37--4:54--4:51--4:38--4:39--4:53--4:55
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.7

WNW
1.9

WNW
2.2

NW
2.1

WNW
2.1

WNW
1.3

WNW
1.6

WSW
1.4

NW
1.7

NW
1.4

NW
3.5

W
3.5

W
3.0

WNW
2.4

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.7

WNW
1.8

NW
0.9

W
0.6

S
1.2

S
3.0

WNW
0.2

SSW
Period (s)111111101011810101010121212101098791212
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.3

SSW
0.8

NW
1.3

WSW
0.2

SSW
0.2

WNW
0.8

WSW
1.4

NW
0.7

WNW
1.3

WSW
1.3

WSW
0.1

SW

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0.1

SW
0.6

S
0.2

WSW
0.3

SW
0.3

SW
0.9

NW
0.2

SSW
0.1

SW
1.4

SW
0.1

SW
Period (s)1214912161011149918-168161515121316916
Wind waves (m) & direction
0.4

NW

-

-
1.8

SW
1.6

SW
0.4

NW

-
1.3

SW

-

-

-

-

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-
3.0

NW
2.5

WNW
4.0

WNW
2.5

W
Period (s)3--9103-10----------10121212


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