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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
4

2

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4

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4

3

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3

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3

3

3

3

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2

4

3

Wave Height (m) & direction
1.9

WNW
0.8

WNW
1.8

NW
1.7

WNW
2.1

NW
2.5

NW
1.8

NW
1.8

NW
2.5

NNW
1.4

WNW
1.4

NW
0.7

SW
0.8

SSW
1.1

WNW
0.9

NW
1.2

WNW
1.1

WNW
1.0

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.9

SSW
3.0

NW
1.8

WNW
Period(s) 131312111091099109161514151312151516910
Energy1415279102810161071128087083711855316085025016966205075146883153841551876
Wind
(km/h)
5
10
10
5
5
5
10
0
5
10
5
10
15
5
10
10
5
5
15
15
10
10
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High Tide
/ height (m)

3:02PM
1.51
1:46AM
2.12

5:18PM
1.34
4:09AM
2.45

6:06PM
1.47


6:19PM
1.85

5:09AM
1.58
7:56PM
2.46

8:05AM
1.42


7:12AM
1.52

9:12PM
1.96
10:27AM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:50AM
-0.41
6:58PM
1.27

9:48AM
-0.29

10:32PM
1.49
10:51AM
0.30

12:02AM
0.96
11:44AM
0.00

12:17AM
1.05
11:40AM
0.56

1:24AM
0.86
1:59PM
0.34

2:15AM
0.15
12:39PM
0.82

4:07AM
0.05

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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
19241718171214131114161215141212151515191114
Low °C
1523141317111213101115111314111113101518912
Chill °C (?)
1924171817121413101316111414111115151419814
Sunrise
5:56--5:56--5:56--5:54--5:52--5:48--5:46--5:52
Sunset
-7:58--8:27--8:30--8:13--8:36--8:37--8:16--
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.9

WNW
0.8

WNW
1.8

NW
1.7

WNW
2.1

NW
2.5

NW
1.8

NW
1.8

NW
0.4

SSW
1.4

WNW
1.4

NW
1.1

NW
0.9

NW
1.1

NW
0.9

NW
1.2

WNW
1.1

WNW
1.0

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.9

SSW
3.0

NW
1.8

WNW
Period (s)131312111091091710910108151312151516910
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.4

SW
0.4

SW
0.5

S
0.6

SW
0.5

SW
0.4

SW
0.5

SW
0.5

SW
0.3

SW
0.6

SW
0.7

SW
0.7

SW
0.8

SSW
1.1

WNW
0.9

NW
0.4

SW
0.6

SW
0.9

WNW
0.6

W
0.7

NW
0.6

SW
0.7

SW
Period (s)211513191515181814161616151491415125121614
Wind waves (m) & direction
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0.5

W

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-

-

-
2.5

NNW

-

-

-
0.5

WNW

-

-

-

-
0.6

WNW
0.8

W
1.1

WNW

-

-
Period (s)-3------9---10----457--


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