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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 (?)
2.3

NW
2.0

NW
3.0

NW
3.5

NW
2.5

NW
2.5

NW
1.6

NW
2.0

NW
2.5

NW
3.0

NW
0.9

SSW
4.0

NNW
1.8

NW
0.9

SSW
2.5

NW
2.2

WNW
1.9

NW
0.9

SSW
2.5

NW
1.4

WNW
1.6

WNW
1.8

NW
Period(s) (?)89910991099101410101810910179101010
Energy(?)6275981263206198493750764911511764351277765154013168566124191187371452640
Wind
(km/h)
10
5
10
5
10
10
5
10
10
5
10
10
5
10
10
0
10
15
5
10
10
20
Wind State(?)cross-
off
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on
cross-
on
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on
glassoncrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:23PM
1.75
1:43PM
1.31

12:08AM
1.66
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
3:42AM
2.18

4:47PM
2.50
4:53AM
1.99
5:09AM
1.55
5:51PM
2.17

Low Tide
/ height (m)

6:33AM
-0.28
5:49PM
0.88

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

10:07PM
1.17
9:33AM
0.16

11:13PM
1.02
11:08AM
0.37

11:59PM
0.76
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
21201614191813221517301514301414161614202014
Low °C
13181612171811181516281412281412131613171812
Chill °C (?)
21201613191813221517301414301313161613202012
Sunrise
-5:56--5:54--5:52--5:41--5:41--6:00--6:01--
Sunset
--8:43--8:49--8:47--8:46--8:40--8:23--8:25-
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.6

NW
2.0

NW
3.0

NW
3.0

NW
2.5

NW
2.5

NW
1.6

NW
2.0

NW
2.5

NW
3.0

NW
0.9

SSW
4.0

NNW
1.8

NW
0.9

SSW
2.5

NW
2.2

WNW
1.9

NW
1.6

NW
2.5

NW
0.8

SSW
0.7

SSW
0.8

SSW
Period (s)8991099109910141010181091099161615
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.4

SW
0.5

SW
0.6

SSW
0.6

SSW
0.4

SW
1.1

WNW
0.7

SSW
0.4

SW
0.6

SSW
0.4

SW
0.6

S
0.4

SSW
0.4

S
0.8

SSW
0.5

SSW
0.3

SW
0.6

SSW
0.9

SSW
0.3

SW
0.4

S
0.3

S
0.4

S
Period (s)1917171717111616151591615131515181718121218
Wind waves (m) & direction
2.3

NW

-

-
3.5

NW

-

-

-

-

-

-
0.8

WNW

-

-
0.6

WNW

-

-

-

-

-
1.4

WNW
1.6

WNW
1.8

NW
Period (s)8--10------4--4-----101010

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