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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 (?)
0.8

SSW
0.6

SSW
0.7

SSW
0.4

SSW
1.0

WNW
0.6

SSW
0.5

S
0.6

S
0.8

SSW
0.7

S
0.4

S
0.9

SSW
0.9

S
0.6

S
0.9

SSW
0.9

SSW
0.7

S
1.7

NW
1.2

WNW
0.6

S
1.8

NW
1.0

WNW
Period(s) (?)141313137121717161615151516141414781388
Energy(?)28720624684209246270329464463133355458245412389262629336172673342
Wind
(km/h)
5
15
20
10
15
10
5
5
10
15
10
5
20
20
10
5
15
25
10
15
30
10
Wind State(?)cross-
on
onoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
offonglassoffcrossoffglasscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
on
offcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
1.33
6:01PM
1.81

6:56AM
1.30
7:43PM
2.10

10:28AM
1.19

8:50PM
1.82
11:21AM
1.27


10:07AM
1.58


12:38PM
1.40

10:33PM
1.88
12:58PM
1.38

9:31PM
2.28
10:12AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:51PM
0.81

1:31AM
-0.07
10:38AM
1.12

12:38AM
0.19

2:07PM
0.88
4:41AM
-0.26

4:07PM
0.90
2:45AM
0.01

2:49PM
1.09
2:41AM
-0.02
5:45AM
-0.40
4:37PM
0.87

5:36AM
-0.37
2:43PM
0.75
4:33AM
0.12

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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
30131821202930302918212818223031262120252128
Low °C
28131718192829302817202717202929242019241924
Chill °C (?)
30111721202930302918212818223031262120252128
Sunrise
5:43--6:01--5:45--5:56--5:58--5:46--5:58--5:56
Sunset
-8:31--8:23--7:05--7:57--8:02--8:01--8:00--
Swell1 (m) & direction
0.8

SSW
0.7

NW
0.7

SSW
0.6

W
0.5

S
0.6

SSW
0.5

SSE
0.5

SSE
0.8

SSW
0.7

S
0.5

W
0.9

SSW
0.9

S
0.6

S
0.9

SSW
0.9

SSW
0.7

S
0.8

S
1.2

WNW
0.6

S
0.7

S
1.0

WNW
Period (s)1481361312991616615151614141414813138
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.5

SSE
0.6

SSW
0.4

NW
0.4

SSW
0.2

S
0.5

SSE
0.5

S
0.6

S
0.6

SSE
0.5

S
0.4

SSW
0.1

SW
0.4

SW
0.3

S
0.5

SSE
0.6

WNW
0.3

SW
0.4

SW
0.6

SSW
0.3

W
0.3

SW
0.6

S
Period (s)913101310917171012121615119514141482013
Wind waves (m) & direction
0.8

WNW

-
0.6

NW

-
1.0

WNW
0.6

WNW
0.6

WNW
0.9

WNW
0.8

WNW
0.7

NW

-

-
0.8

NW
0.5

W
0.6

WNW
0.8

WNW
0.5

W
1.7

NW

-
0.8

W
1.8

NW
1.4

NW
Period (s)5-4-744548--645557-688


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