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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 (?)
1.6

NW
2.1

NW
3.0

NW
3.0

NW
1.9

NW
3.0

NW
1.7

NW
2.1

NW
3.0

NNW
3.5

NW
0.9

SSW
2.5

NW
2.0

NW
2.0

NW
1.9

NW
0.9

SSW
1.6

NW
1.7

NW
0.9

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.9

SSW
2.1

NW
Period(s) (?)8991010999910141010101017991615157
Energy(?)349686126318767091156513727138018863511210773727652414466481371242318440
Wind
(km/h)
10
5
10
5
15
10
5
10
10
5
10
10
5
5
10
10
10
15
15
10
25
0
Wind State(?)cross-
off
oncrossglasscross-
off
onglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossonoffoncross-
on
offcross-
on
crossoffoffcrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:20PM
1.91

2:23PM
1.66
11:53PM
1.90
1:28PM
1.58
2:17PM
1.47
12:42AM
1.91

2:42PM
1.42
1:20AM
1.75

3:10PM
1.92
2:02AM
2.00

4:10PM
2.42
3:03AM
1.81

4:47PM
2.50
4:53AM
1.99

5:28PM
2.58

Low Tide
/ height (m)

7:23AM
-0.32
6:53PM
1.06

6:33AM
0.14
6:55PM
0.91

7:44AM
-0.24
7:29PM
0.81

8:21AM
-0.15

8:29PM
1.20
8:56AM
-0.02

9:35PM
1.09
8:41AM
0.17

11:13PM
1.02
10:45AM
0.92

11:59PM
0.76
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
21201614171813221517301514141617171615171715
Low °C
13181612141811181516281412141516141612171714
Chill °C (?)
21201613171813221517301514141616171614171614
Sunrise
-5:56--5:58--5:52--5:41--5:58--6:01--5:54--
Sunset
--8:43--8:49--8:47--8:40--8:38--8:23--8:14-
Swell1 (m) & direction
0.4

SW
2.1

NW
3.0

NW
3.0

NW
1.9

NW
3.0

NW
1.7

NW
2.1

NW
3.0

NNW
3.5

NW
0.9

SSW
2.5

NW
2.0

NW
2.0

NW
1.9

NW
0.9

SSW
1.6

NW
1.5

NW
0.9

SSW
0.9

NW
0.9

SSW
1.3

WNW
Period (s)19991010999910141010101017991610157
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.4

SW
0.5

SW
0.6

SSW
0.6

SSW
0.6

SSW
0.7

WNW
0.7

SSW
0.4

SW
0.5

SW
0.4

SW
0.6

S
0.4

SSW
0.6

SSW
0.4

SW
0.6

SSW
0.8

NW
0.7

SSW
0.9

SSW
0.4

S
0.8

SSW
0.6

WNW
0.8

SSW
Period (s)1517171715121616151591315151510181712151115
Wind waves (m) & direction
1.6

NW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
0.8

WNW

-

-

-

-

-

-
1.7

NW
1.4

NW

-
1.4

NW
2.1

NW
Period (s)8---------4------99-97

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