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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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3

4

3

5

5

9

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3

4

Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5

WNW
3.0

W
1.8

WNW
2.2

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.3

WNW
1.9

WNW
1.7

WNW
2.4

W
2.1

WNW
1.9

NW
4.0

NW
4.0

W
4.5

WNW
4.0

WNW
3.5

WNW
3.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
2.1

W
2.3

W
1.7

W
2.4

SSW
Period(s) (?)1413811111112111010191716161514141312121210
Energy(?)5060309684613641067621101676311651560414389516998100107544544835702092130715558422080
Wind
(km/h)
10
15
10
10
10
10
20
10
50
5
10
5
20
20
15
10
5
10
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10
10
30
Wind State(?)oncross-
on
cross-
off
offcrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
onglassoncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:07AM
2.02

12:28AM
1.30
10:57AM
1.85

1:02AM
1.72
11:47AM
1.69

1:28AM
1.32

2:39PM
2.26
3:54AM
2.31

2:27PM
1.41
3:41AM
2.06
4:26AM
2.00
4:17PM
1.49

5:07AM
2.01
4:35PM
0.90

4:06AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)

5:36PM
-0.47

5:05AM
0.87


6:01AM
0.76
6:39PM
-0.22

8:57AM
0.80

9:15PM
0.02
9:34AM
0.73

8:47PM
0.62
10:39AM
0.65

10:14PM
0.43
11:47AM
0.55

9:28PM
0.67
11:45AM
0.75
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
253453-------122------20
High °C
121289912161671111951091011101313117
Low °C
121279911151549109510881091112107
Chill °C (?)
111067711151621110818791181212103
Sunrise
7:18--7:39--7:09--7:41--8:00--7:52--7:52--8:15
Sunset
-5:04--5:02--5:07--5:05--4:52--4:53--4:54--
Swell1 (m) & direction
3.5

WNW
3.0

W
1.8

WNW
2.2

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.3

WNW
1.9

WNW
1.7

WNW
2.4

W
2.1

WNW
2.4

NW
4.0

NW

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4.5

WNW
4.0

WNW
3.5

WNW
3.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
2.1

W
2.3

W
1.7

W
2.4

SSW
Period (s)14138111111121110101117-161514141312121210
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.8

S
0.3

SW
1.1

W
1.2

SSW
0.9

SW
1.2

SW
0.3

NW
0.6

SSW
0.3

W
0.9

WNW
1.9

NW
0.3

SSW

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-
0.1

SW
0.1

SW
0.2

SSW
0.3

SW
0.2

SSW
1.6

W
Period (s)8161177716621211913----151413131211
Wind waves (m) & direction
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-

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-

-

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0.4

SE

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-

-

-

-
4.0

W

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
Period (s)------3-----16---------


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