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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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5

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3

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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5

WNW
1.3

WNW
1.1

WNW
2.4

W
1.8

W
1.5

WNW
1.6

WNW
4.0

W
4.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
1.8

WNW
1.3

WNW
2.5

W
2.4

WNW
2.3

WNW
1.8

WNW
1.9

WNW
2.3

WNW
2.1

WNW
1.7

WNW
1.5

W
1.4

W
Period(s) (?)1213121011910121412121212131416151414131111
Energy(?)3499728448124272753511239624613420619597272103214720871608169021561777960520473
Wind
(km/h)
15
10
5
10
5
5
0
20
15
5
10
5
5
5
5
5
10
5
10
5
10
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Wind State(?)cross-
on
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off
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on
glassglassglasscross-
on
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on
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off
glasscross-
off
offglasscrossglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)

1:37AM
1.85
12:22PM
2.92
1:05PM
2.73
3:19AM
2.24

1:31PM
2.31
2:40AM
1.69


3:26AM
1.30
4:19AM
2.33
4:29PM
3.08
3:55AM
1.74
5:34AM
1.88
4:17PM
2.22

5:53AM
2.42
5:55PM
1.87

6:34AM
2.46

Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:49PM
-0.60

6:29AM
1.45

8:23PM
-0.51
7:30AM
1.46

7:30PM
0.10
8:37AM
1.45

8:12PM
-0.12
9:52AM
1.41

8:42PM
0.45
11:16AM
0.88
1:30PM
2.17
12:34AM
1.17
12:25PM
1.15

11:45PM
1.01

2:13PM
0.63
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
1---3--482---1---------
High °C
121618109161412816142011141820162119191015
Low °C
111515991513871513171013151815201818713
Chill °C (?)
101618871614951614201114182016211919914
Sunrise
--7:07--7:28--7:46--7:09--7:18--7:09--7:58-
Sunset
4:36--4:25--4:46--4:49--4:32--4:51--4:52--4:36
Swell1 (m) & direction
3.5

WNW
1.3

WNW
1.1

WNW
2.4

W
1.8

W
1.5

WNW
1.6

WNW
4.0

W
4.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
1.8

WNW
1.3

WNW
2.5

W
2.4

WNW
2.3

WNW
1.8

WNW
1.9

WNW
2.3

WNW
2.1

WNW
1.7

WNW
1.5

W
1.4

W
Period (s)1213121011910121412121212131416151414131111
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.3

SW
1.1

NW
0.7

WNW
0.4

SW

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0.8

NW
1.3

WNW
1.5

SSW
1.7

SW
0.2

SSW
0.2

SSW
0.8

WNW
0.3

SW
0.6

WNW
0.2

SSW
0.2

S
0.3

S
0.3

S
0.4

S
0.3

S
0.1

SW
0.1

SW
Period (s)136715-12137812111515191514131312121813
Wind waves (m) & direction
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-

-

-

-

-

-
4.0

W

-

-
1.0

WNW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
Period (s)-------12--5-----------


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