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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 (?)
1.7

NNW
1.8

NW
1.7

NNW
0.9

SSW
0.8

SSW
1.7

NW
1.4

WNW
0.7

SSW
1.2

NW
0.6

SSW
0.5

S
0.6

S
0.8

SSW
0.7

S
0.5

S
0.8

S
0.9

S
0.7

S
0.8

S
0.6

S
1.8

WNW
0.4

SSW
Period(s) (?)99101314881381212171616121515161414615
Energy(?)759605735397318522376231336246141328446364157397516333394287495153
Wind
(km/h)
5
10
15
10
0
10
20
15
20
5
15
10
10
15
10
15
15
15
20
10
25
20
Wind State(?)crosscrossoncross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
offonoffoffcrossoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:18AM
0.99

7:18PM
3.29

8:35AM
2.48
7:30PM
2.33

9:38AM
1.43
6:57PM
2.25

11:01AM
1.47


8:19AM
1.22
6:38PM
1.75

12:05PM
1.34

10:25PM
2.10
11:54AM
1.63

12:09AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
0.68
6:59AM
0.80

2:18AM
0.78
1:43PM
1.55

3:38AM
-0.02


3:19AM
-0.23

3:05PM
1.05
3:22AM
-0.34
12:37PM
0.94

2:04AM
-0.00

3:26PM
1.19

5:06AM
-0.03
5:06PM
0.80

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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
13161429291312181929183029182118192520141814
Low °C
11111327291311171927173028172017172418121711
Chill °C (?)
12161329291210181929183029182117192520131712
Sunrise
-5:50--5:43--5:56--5:56--5:56--5:58--6:07--
Sunset
--8:45--8:37--8:22--7:05--7:57--8:01--8:12-
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.7

NNW
1.8

NW
1.7

NNW
0.9

SSW
0.8

SSW
1.7

NW
0.6

SSW
0.7

SSW
0.6

S
0.6

SSW
0.6

NW
0.5

SSE
0.8

SSW
0.7

S
0.5

W
0.8

S
0.9

S
0.7

S
0.8

S
0.7

NW
0.7

S
0.5

NW
Period (s)991013148141313127916166151516148148
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.7

SSW
0.4

SW
0.6

SSW
0.6

SSE
0.5

SSE
0.6

SSW
0.2

S
0.4

SSE
0.1

SW
0.5

SSE
0.5

S
0.6

S
0.6

SSE
0.6

NW
0.5

S
0.4

SW
0.4

SW
0.4

S
0.4

SW
0.6

S
0.3

SW
0.4

SSW
Period (s)151515991310918912171081216151114141415
Wind waves (m) & direction
-

-

-
0.8

WNW
0.8

WNW

-
1.4

WNW
0.5

NW
1.2

NW
0.6

WNW

-
0.7

W
0.7

WNW

-

-
0.9

NW
0.8

NW
0.7

W
0.9

NW

-
1.8

WNW
0.7

WNW
Period (s)---45-8584-44--6756-64


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