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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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7

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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4

WNW
3.5

WNW
1.3

WNW
1.7

WNW
2.5

WSW
1.5

WNW
2.2

W
3.5

WNW
4.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
1.7

NW
1.6

NW
1.1

NW
3.0

W
3.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
2.5

NW
1.9

WNW
2.2

WNW
2.1

WNW
2.3

WSW
2.0

W
Period(s) (?)1312131110912111212121212111516141514141011
Energy(?)857341573772512584931462467344402271984110362326893895336824061583207117561117953
Wind
(km/h)
10
15
10
10
15
5
20
45
0
10
20
15
10
10
5
5
10
10
0
5
5
10
Wind State(?)cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
offonoffcross-
off
cross-
on
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off
cross-
off
cross-
off
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off
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High Tide
/ height (m)
12:14PM
2.85


11:56AM
2.26

3:19AM
2.24

1:17PM
2.73
3:53AM
1.78
12:56PM
1.97
2:14PM
2.50


2:51PM
1.50

5:08AM
2.37
4:32PM
2.02

5:53AM
2.42


6:34AM
2.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)

6:49PM
-0.20
10:36PM
-0.92
5:58AM
1.01

8:23PM
-0.51
8:15AM
1.16

8:49PM
-0.37
7:19AM
1.28

9:20PM
0.32
8:29AM
0.87

11:07PM
0.89
11:11AM
1.30

10:57PM
0.79
12:25PM
1.15
5:37PM
0.86
11:45PM
1.01

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Summary
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Rain (mm)
-1--1-32924-------------
High °C
161216151013101213151816209818181620191213
Low °C
1311161410129129151715178715161520191110
Chill °C (?)
151016158127810151715207718181620191213
Sunrise
7:22--7:28--7:48--7:28--7:01--7:18--7:09--7:46
Sunset
-4:36--4:25--4:32--4:52--4:35--4:51--4:52--
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.4

WNW
3.5

WNW
1.3

WNW
1.7

WNW
2.5

WSW
1.5

WNW
2.2

W
3.5

WNW
4.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
1.7

NW
1.6

NW
1.1

NW
3.0

W
3.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
2.5

NW
1.9

WNW
2.2

WNW
2.1

WNW
2.3

WSW
2.0

W
Period (s)1312131110912111212121212111516141514141011
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.7

NW
0.3

SW
1.1

NW
0.3

SW
0.4

SW
0.6

W

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1.2

SSW
0.2

SSW
0.2

SSW
0.3

S
0.9

WNW
0.5

W
0.2

WSW
0.2

SSW
0.4

S
0.3

S
0.3

S
0.3

S
0.2

WSW
0.1

SW
Period (s)8137131511--81212167161515131313121318
Wind waves (m) & direction
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-

-

-

-

-

-
3.5

SW

-

-
1.1

NW
1.6

NW

-

-

-
1.5

NW

-

-

-

-

-

-
Period (s)-------9--68---6------


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