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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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California Wavefinder

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Best forecast wave conditions in California
Rating
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3

SSW
1.3

NW
1.6

NW
2.0

NNW
2.5

NW
2.4

NW
1.8

NW
2.0

NNW
1.2

NW
1.3

NNW
0.5

S
1.1

NW
0.5

S
1.4

W
0.4

SSW
0.6

WSW
0.4

SW
1.4

NW
1.9

W
5.5

WNW
1.8

NW
1.6

WNW
Period(s) (?)1891012141313131311149137167166711810
Energy(?)14043052811732840197413101583775635182284177329327912303275237093598526
Wind
(km/h)
10
15
10
15
20
10
20
5
15
5
20
0
5
15
15
5
10
10
15
15
5
5
Wind State(?)offcrosscross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)


8:34PM
1.27
8:16AM
2.55

7:08PM
1.51
9:32AM
2.46

11:12PM
2.14
10:22AM
2.64

11:47PM
2.27
10:39AM
2.37

11:31PM
2.44
12:01PM
2.56

12:50AM
2.46
12:46PM
2.44

12:45AM
2.29
12:45PM
2.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
-0.13

12:31AM
0.97

1:42PM
-0.22
11:50PM
1.02

4:30PM
-0.22

4:26AM
0.90
5:13PM
-0.22

4:46AM
0.72
5:20PM
-0.17

6:02AM
0.53
6:26PM
-0.04

6:45AM
0.40
6:59PM
0.12

6:41AM
0.72
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
3097171071313161117915181911171211101016
Low °C
26861385121214111481417161015101010913
Chill °C (?)
307616851113151116914181910171098816
Sunrise
6:03--6:56--6:52--6:50--6:37--6:48--6:48--6:33
Sunset
-5:59--6:00--6:06--6:01--5:51--5:52--6:07--
Swell1 (m) & direction
0.7

WNW
1.3

NW
1.6

NW
2.0

NNW
2.5

NW
2.4

NW
1.8

NW
2.0

NNW
1.2

NW
1.3

NNW
0.6

WSW
1.1

NW
0.7

W
0.5

S
0.4

SSW
0.6

WSW
0.7

W
1.0

WNW
0.7

W
0.1

SW
0.5

W
1.6

WNW
Period (s)691012141313131311899131678613121310
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.4

SW
0.7

SW
0.5

SW
0.4

WNW
0.4

SW
0.2

SSW
0.6

SW
0.9

SW
0.7

S
0.7

SW
0.5

S
0.6

SW
0.5

S
0.3

SSW
0.5

S
0.5

NW
0.4

SSW
0.4

SSW
0.3

SSW

-
0.4

SSW
0.3

S
Period (s)1399129129101581481318128121712-1616
Wind waves (m) & direction
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-

-

-
0.6

N

-

-

-
0.9

NW

-
0.5

WNW

-

-
1.4

W
1.0

WNW

-
0.8

W
1.4

NW
1.9

W
5.5

WNW
1.8

NW

-
Period (s)----3---6-3--76-667118-


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