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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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2

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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.0

W
1.1

W
1.4

NW
1.3

NW
3.5

WSW
3.0

W
3.5

W
2.4

WNW
2.5

WNW
2.0

WNW
0.6

WNW
0.9

NW
0.9

NW
3.5

SW
1.7

SSW
4.0

SSW
1.9

SW
1.6

WNW
2.2

WNW
2.1

WNW
1.1

WNW
1.6

WNW
Period(s) (?)11101010910121212111312121091091211111212
Energy(?)4863346448322467225831501680226387431054434622317863251115095112481010382746
Wind
(km/h)
10
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10
5
30
15
10
5
10
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15
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0
Wind State(?)crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
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off
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off
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off
crosscross-
off
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High Tide
/ height (m)
12:13PM
2.62

2:30AM
2.08
12:51PM
2.58

12:49AM
1.44
11:54AM
2.14

2:20AM
1.20
11:59AM
1.50
1:25PM
2.38
3:33AM
2.22

1:46PM
1.52

4:32AM
1.86
4:09PM
1.99

5:35AM
2.41
5:37PM
1.68

6:24AM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)


7:30PM
-0.17
7:08AM
1.31


6:11AM
1.44

7:03PM
-0.14
6:18AM
1.04

8:33PM
0.45
8:23AM
0.94

9:09PM
0.60
10:18AM
0.88

11:06PM
0.27
11:58AM
0.85

11:51PM
0.47

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Summary
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Rain (mm)
--3-954217-124-22-663--1
High °C
17161112987981017181914710111316141917
Low °C
171510118778771617191368101216121916
Chill °C (?)
171410115558691718191248101115131917
Sunrise
7:03--7:31--7:52--7:47--6:37--7:52--6:56--6:41
Sunset
-4:54--4:38--4:54--4:47--4:55--4:58--4:59--
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.0

W
1.1

W
1.4

NW
1.3

WSW
3.5

WSW
3.0

W
3.5

W
2.4

WNW
2.5

WNW
2.0

WNW
0.6

WNW
1.2

SW
0.9

NW
3.5

SW
1.1

WNW
0.9

WNW
1.9

SW
1.6

WNW
2.2

WNW
2.1

WNW
1.1

WNW
1.6

WNW
Period (s)1110108910121212111381210111191211111212
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.9

NW
0.6

NW
1.1

SW
1.3

NW
1.0

WNW
0.1

S
0.1

SW
0.3

SSW
0.1

SW
0.1

SW
0.5

SW
1.0

W
0.8

W
0.5

NW
0.3

SW

-
1.2

WNW
1.3

SW
0.4

WNW
0.3

S
0.2

SSW
0.3

SW
Period (s)121181012181816161613981013-1191661214
Wind waves (m) & direction
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0.9

SSW

-

-

-
1.4

SSW

-

-
1.0

NNW

-
1.1

SW
0.4

SE

-

-
1.7

SSW
4.0

SSW

-

-

-
0.5

NW

-

-
Period (s)-4---8--5-63--910---3--


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