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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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Wave Height (m) & direction
1.2

W
0.9

WNW
0.8

WNW
0.4

W
1.2

NW
0.8

WNW
0.4

SW
1.0

WNW
0.8

WNW
0.7

NW
2.0

NW
0.7

W
2.1

NW
1.7

NW
3.0

NW
1.6

WNW
3.0

NW
1.3

WNW
1.1

NW
1.5

WNW
0.6

WNW
1.5

WNW
Period(s) 13151414131216111816815999109109121816
Energy528477313106694274133559579498114542014441271248262420026104466765881295
Wind
(km/h)
5
15
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10
25
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10
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10
20
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15
Wind Statecrosscross-
on
cross-
on
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off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
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on
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off
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on
crosscross-
on
crossoncross-
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on
crossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:14AM
1.81

2:19AM
2.39
11:15AM
2.28

10:29PM
2.12
9:10AM
1.67

11:21PM
2.35
10:15AM
1.15

8:32PM
1.66
12:34PM
1.85

10:04PM
2.11
11:40AM
1.60

11:42PM
1.53
9:57AM
1.59

1:43AM
3.38

Low Tide
/ height (m)

2:46PM
0.09

6:11AM
1.87
3:16PM
0.21
4:58AM
0.24

2:54PM
0.75


5:09PM
0.56
3:22AM
-0.08
6:19AM
-0.09
3:56PM
0.99

5:08AM
0.31
4:26PM
1.09


2:42PM
0.86

7:33AM
0.31
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
1414131614111911914131415181315141317151211
Low °C
121411151491510711131213181112131116151111
Chill °C (?)
1413121612919961411131417111513111614109
Sunrise
6:05--6:05--6:01--6:18--6:16--6:13--6:00--6:09
Sunset
-7:50--7:51--8:15--8:10--7:53--8:13--7:52--
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.2

W
0.9

NW
0.8

WNW
0.6

W
1.2

NW
0.8

WNW
0.4

SW
1.0

WNW
1.2

NNW
0.9

NW
2.0

NW
1.0

WNW
1.4

NW
1.4

NW
2.2

WNW
1.6

WNW
1.2

WNW
0.9

WNW
0.6

NW
1.5

WNW
0.9

WNW
1.5

WNW
Period (s)1381451312161188810991010121213121116
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.1

SW
0.9

WNW
0.5

WNW
0.4

W
0.3

S
0.3

NW
0.4

NW
0.3

WNW
0.9

WNW
0.8

WNW
1.1

WNW
0.7

W
1.1

WNW
1.1

NW
0.9

WNW
0.6

WNW
0.2

WSW
0.3

SW
0.4

SSW
0.2

S
0.6

WNW
0.5

WNW
Period (s)131581411814201110151513131313131416111810
Wind waves (m) & direction
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-

-

-
0.9

NW
0.9

WNW
0.7

NW
1.3

NW

-

-

-

-
2.1

NW
1.7

NW
3.0

NW

-
3.0

NW
1.3

WNW
1.1

NW

-
1.1

NW
1.4

NW
Period (s)----9668----999-9109-77


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