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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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7

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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4

WNW
3.5

WNW
1.3

WNW
1.7

WNW
1.9

W
1.8

W
2.2

W
3.5

WNW
4.0

WNW
0.7

WNW
1.7

NW
2.3

NW
1.1

NW
3.0

W
3.0

WNW
2.4

WNW
2.5

NW
1.9

WNW
2.2

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.7

WNW
1.3

WNW
Period(s) (?)13121311111112111211121212111513141514141312
Energy(?)857341573772589772414624673444023798429266232689389525172406158320711716960489
Wind
(km/h)
10
15
10
10
20
5
25
40
5
15
20
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
5
5
5
0
Wind State(?)cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
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off
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off
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off
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High Tide
/ height (m)
11:12AM
1.88

2:12AM
2.12
12:22PM
2.92
3:56PM
2.40
2:25AM
1.58

1:58PM
2.55


2:28PM
2.08
3:32AM
1.76
4:19AM
2.33
3:18PM
2.24

4:58AM
1.61
5:15PM
2.07

5:53AM
2.42


11:02AM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)

6:49PM
-0.20
7:25PM
-0.62
6:29AM
1.45

7:22PM
-0.46
7:30AM
1.46

9:13PM
-0.31
8:37AM
1.45

8:20PM
0.26
9:52AM
1.41

9:04PM
0.04
11:12AM
0.73

10:57PM
0.79
12:25PM
1.15
3:28PM
1.91
11:45PM
1.01

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Summary
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Rain (mm)
-1--2422524-------------
High °C
161216151110912112219142110920171720182016
Low °C
131116141189128181713179919161520181916
Chill °C (?)
1510161598698221913219820171720182016
Sunrise
7:22--7:28--7:48--6:58--7:01--7:07--7:09--7:26
Sunset
-4:36--4:25--4:32--4:52--4:35--4:51--4:51--
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.4

WNW
3.5

WNW
1.3

WNW
1.7

WNW
1.9

W
1.8

W
2.2

W
3.5

WNW
4.0

WNW
0.9

WNW
1.7

NW
1.8

WNW
1.1

NW
3.0

W
3.0

WNW
2.4

WNW
2.5

NW
1.9

WNW
2.2

WNW
2.0

WNW
1.7

WNW
1.3

WNW
Period (s)1312131111111211127121212111513141514141312
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.7

NW
0.3

SW
1.1

NW
0.3

SW
0.9

SSW
0.1

SW

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1.2

SSW
0.7

WNW
0.2

SSW
1.2

WNW
0.9

WNW
0.5

W
0.2

WSW
0.9

WNW
0.4

S
0.3

S
0.3

S
0.3

S
0.3

S
0.3

SW
Period (s)813713614--81112147161518131313121216
Wind waves (m) & direction
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-

-

-

-

-

-
3.5

SW

-
0.3

NNE
1.1

NW
2.3

NW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
Period (s)-------9-3612----------


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