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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 (?)
3.0

W
3.0

W
3.0

WNW
4.5

S
2.4

S
1.8

NW
1.4

NW
1.1

NW
2.3

SSW
4.0

SSW
5.0

WSW
4.5

W
2.4

WNW
3.0

WNW
2.4

WNW
2.0

NW
1.7

NW
1.3

WNW
1.3

NW
1.8

WNW
1.9

WNW
2.3

W
Period(s) (?)1012121011119913111313131213131289131213
Energy(?)1857248020984374261491051453320773508788267072339257220231413868252295105310451806
Wind
(km/h)
10
10
10
60
15
5
15
10
15
35
20
10
15
10
20
20
15
10
10
10
5
10
Wind State(?)crossoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
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off
offoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
1.54
12:56PM
2.09

3:43AM
2.15

2:14PM
2.37

4:20AM
2.22
3:06PM
2.19

4:57AM
2.30
3:58PM
1.88

4:19AM
2.03
3:19PM
1.04

5:51AM
2.10
6:32PM
1.37

6:09AM
2.62
5:19PM
0.91
8:32PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)

7:21AM
1.11

8:42PM
-0.07
8:43AM
1.26

9:19PM
0.04
9:41AM
1.19

9:57PM
0.19
10:48AM
1.06

10:38PM
0.38
10:48AM
1.07

11:02PM
0.41
12:40PM
0.43

11:28PM
0.71


1:15AM
1.01
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
---141--33215-71--------
High °C
99815131381110101214121415171746897
Low °C
6771191078871214111215161645675
Chill °C (?)
786121213511861013111414171624785
Sunrise
-7:50--7:37--7:50--7:16--7:16--6:30--7:52--
Sunset
--4:38--4:52--4:39--4:58--4:50--4:31--4:43-
Swell1 (m) & direction
3.0

W
3.0

W
3.0

WNW
1.5

WNW
2.4

S
1.8

NW
1.4

NW
1.1

NW
2.3

SSW
4.0

SSW
5.0

WSW
4.5

W
2.4

WNW
3.0

WNW
2.4

WNW
2.0

NW
1.7

NW
1.3

WNW
1.3

NW
1.8

WNW
1.9

WNW
2.3

W
Period (s)1012121211119913111313131213131289131213
Swell2 (m) & direction
1.0

SSW
0.1

SW
0.1

W
0.2

SSW
2.1

WNW
0.9

SSW
1.1

SW
0.6

SSW
1.0

NW
0.8

WNW
0.3

SSW
0.3

SSW
1.7

SW
1.1

SW
0.3

SW
0.2

SSW
0.2

SSW
0.2

WSW
0.2

WSW
0.1

SW
0.1

SW

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Period (s)7182116810712101212129915121214141313-
Wind waves (m) & direction
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-

-
4.5

S

-

-
0.5

NE
0.9

S

-

-

-

-

-

-
0.8

NW

-
0.9

NNW

-

-

-

-

-
Period (s)---10--310------4-5-----


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