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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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3

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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.0

W
1.5

NW
1.4

NW
1.4

NW
3.5

WSW
3.0

W
3.5

W
2.4

WNW
4.0

SSW
2.0

WNW
0.6

WNW
0.8

NW
0.6

WNW
3.5

SW
1.7

SSW
4.0

SSW
1.5

W
2.0

W
2.4

WNW
2.1

WNW
1.1

WNW
1.4

WNW
Period(s) (?)11101010910121291113131110910101012111210
Energy(?)486897644820246722583150168030168743103291032231786325196486016541010382418
Wind
(km/h)
5
25
10
10
35
5
0
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45
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15
5
35
25
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15
20
5
10
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10
0
Wind State(?)crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
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off
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off
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High Tide
/ height (m)
12:13PM
2.62

2:10AM
1.64
10:04AM
2.10

2:00AM
1.44
12:43PM
2.51

2:57AM
2.17

1:25PM
2.38
3:33AM
2.22

2:32PM
1.83

5:06AM
2.13
4:09PM
1.99

5:44AM
2.25
5:37PM
1.68

6:17AM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)


7:05PM
-0.26

4:06PM
0.24

7:03AM
1.57

7:59PM
0.34
7:54AM
1.54

8:33PM
0.45
8:53AM
1.49

9:57PM
0.19
11:15AM
0.85

11:06PM
0.27
12:25PM
0.68

11:24PM
0.60

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Summary
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Rain (mm)
-6329362122-13-16---1-11--
High °C
171411111087916917201514711121213131914
Low °C
1612101186691381720141368121012121914
Chill °C (?)
1712101065671471620141259101212121914
Sunrise
7:03--7:37--7:52--7:47--7:09--7:52--7:16--7:07
Sunset
-4:50--4:38--4:54--4:47--4:55--4:57--4:59--
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.0

W
1.5

NW
1.4

NW
1.4

NW
3.5

WSW
3.0

W
3.5

W
2.4

WNW
1.2

WNW
2.0

WNW
0.6

WNW
0.8

NW
0.6

WNW
3.5

SW
1.1

WNW
0.9

WNW
1.5

W
2.0

W
2.4

WNW
2.1

WNW
1.1

WNW
1.4

WNW
Period (s)1110101091012121211131311101111101012111210
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.9

NW
0.7

WSW
1.1

SW
1.0

WSW
1.0

WNW
0.1

S
0.1

SW
0.3

SSW
0.2

SSW
0.1

SW
0.5

SW
0.4

SSW
0.1

SW
0.5

NW
0.3

SW

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1.4

SW
0.5

NW
0.2

SSW
0.3

S
0.2

SSW
0.3

SSE
Period (s)12108101218181615161313181013-911126129
Wind waves (m) & direction
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1.3

SSW

-

-

-
1.4

SSW

-

-
4.0

SSW

-
1.1

SW
0.7

SW
3.5

SSW

-
1.7

SSW
4.0

SSW

-

-

-
0.5

NW

-

-
Period (s)-7---8--9-668-910---3--


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