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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
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6

5

Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.0

WNW
3.0

WNW
2.5

W
2.1

WNW
1.7

W
2.3

W
3.0

WSW
2.5

WSW
2.1

W
3.0

WSW
2.0

W
3.5

W
3.5

W
3.0

W
3.0

W
2.5

W
2.5

WNW
1.7

W
2.4

W
2.0

W
2.5

W
3.5

WNW
Period(s) (?)16161213111413131413131616151513141212121115
Energy(?)51954249197614659473052325030361719283229865827578541394398234423748601815135135505838
Wind
(km/h)
5
5
10
0
5
10
5
10
10
10
5
5
10
5
10
5
25
5
5
5
10
10
Wind State(?)cross-
on
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off
offcrossoffoffglassoffonglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:40AM
2.37

11:35PM
1.77
10:10AM
2.18

10:52PM
1.68
11:31AM
1.98

10:52PM
1.77
10:31AM
1.77

3:12AM
2.50

1:15PM
1.56
3:46AM
2.46

4:18PM
1.80

4:21AM
2.40
5:32PM
1.61

4:58AM
2.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)

5:02PM
0.08

4:07AM
0.89
4:29PM
0.17

5:38AM
0.91
4:30PM
0.32

4:39AM
0.77
6:32PM
0.21
8:41PM
0.29
7:34AM
0.86

9:13PM
0.55
10:16AM
0.58

9:46PM
0.80
11:22AM
0.55

10:21PM
1.03
12:12PM
0.61
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
1618132317141618181515151816141316121416912
Low °C
1517112115121414171114131714131213101314811
Chill °C (?)
1618122317131618181515151816141214121416711
Sunrise
6:50--7:07--7:41--7:31--7:03--7:16--7:16--7:13
Sunset
-5:21--5:27--5:28--5:38--5:37--5:37--5:39--
Swell1 (m) & direction
3.0

WNW
3.0

WNW
2.5

W
2.1

WNW
1.7

W
2.3

W
3.0

WSW
2.5

WSW
2.1

W
3.0

WSW
2.0

W
3.5

W
3.5

W
3.0

W
3.0

W
2.5

W
2.5

WNW
1.7

W
2.4

W
2.0

W
2.5

W
3.5

WNW
Period (s)16161213111413131413131616151513141212121115
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.9

WNW
0.3

SSW

-
0.2

SSW
0.5

W
1.1

WNW
1.0

W
1.1

W
0.2

S

-
1.6

SW

-
0.3

S
0.2

S
0.2

S
0.2

SSW
0.2

SSW
0.1

SW
0.5

W
0.5

W
1.9

W
0.3

SSW
Period (s)712-122018161514-12-14131315141620201616
Wind waves (m) & direction
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
1.3

WNW

-

-
0.6

NW

-
1.6

NW
Period (s)----------------5--3-6


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