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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 (?)
1.7

NNW
0.9

SSW
0.8

SSW
1.4

NW
1.8

NW
0.7

SSW
0.6

S
1.1

WNW
0.5

S
0.6

S
0.8

SSW
0.7

S
0.4

SW
0.8

S
0.6

S
0.7

S
0.7

S
0.5

S
2.2

WNW
0.8

S
1.3

WNW
2.2

WNW
Period(s) (?)10131488131381717161617151616151471387
Energy(?)735397318416862213282142270331446400162397279483256214665281403669
Wind
(km/h)
10
10
5
5
0
5
15
5
5
5
10
20
10
15
10
25
10
10
25
10
10
30
Wind State(?)oncross-
off
glassonglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoncross-
off
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:24PM
1.97

7:03AM
1.31
7:30PM
2.33

9:48AM
1.37
6:57PM
1.88

7:46AM
1.16
5:44PM
1.68
8:37PM
2.06
11:14AM
1.27

9:40PM
2.09
12:05PM
1.34

9:07PM
2.39
9:19AM
1.30

10:33PM
1.88
12:19PM
1.24

Low Tide
/ height (m)

11:55PM
0.21
11:08AM
1.08

2:59AM
-0.08
1:56PM
0.97

12:38AM
0.19
11:37AM
0.99

4:12AM
-0.34

3:12PM
0.88
5:00AM
-0.40

4:28PM
0.97
4:31AM
-0.05

5:06PM
0.80

5:40AM
-0.35
5:27PM
0.81
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
13293018133018163030291821182721191422302222
Low °C
12272817112817132930271721171920171221292021
Chill °C (?)
12293018123018163030291821172721191322302222
Sunrise
--5:43--5:43--5:45--5:56--6:03--6:07--5:56-
Sunset
8:45--8:38--8:17--7:05--7:57--8:15--8:15--8:14
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.7

NNW
0.9

SSW
0.8

SSW
1.4

NW
1.5

NW
0.7

SSW
0.6

S
1.1

WNW
0.5

SSE
0.5

SSE
0.8

SSW
0.7

S
0.5

W
0.8

S
0.6

S
0.7

S
0.7

S
0.6

WNW
0.7

S
0.8

S
1.3

WNW
0.6

S
Period (s)101314881313899161661516161581413813
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.6

SSW
0.6

SSE
0.5

SSE
0.5

SSW
0.6

SSW
0.6

WNW
0.3

S
0.5

S
0.5

S
0.6

S
0.6

SSE
0.5

S
0.4

SSW
0.4

SW
0.4

S
0.4

S
0.4

NW
0.5

S
0.3

SW
0.4

SSE
0.6

SSW
0.3

SW
Period (s)15991314591317171012121611119141491414
Wind waves (m) & direction
-
0.8

WNW
0.7

WNW

-
1.8

NW
0.9

WNW
1.0

WNW

-
0.6

WNW
0.7

WNW
0.8

WNW
0.7

NW

-
1.0

NW
0.9

WNW
1.5

WNW
0.9

NNW
0.5

NW
2.2

WNW
0.7

WNW

-
2.2

WNW
Period (s)-44-858-4546-6564874-7


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