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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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8

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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3

W
1.9

SW
0.9

NW
1.3

WNW
1.7

SSW
2.5

SSW
2.3

SW
2.5

W
2.4

W
2.2

NW
1.7

SW
1.8

WNW
1.9

WNW
1.7

WNW
2.1

WNW
1.7

WNW
3.5

W
3.0

WNW
1.5

WNW
3.5

WNW
4.5

WNW
4.5

NW
Period(s) (?)11713121111912151181111121111101019171616
Energy(?)7158036646521164179510732025251118541038125111239731107660263534192848691789729078
Wind
(km/h)
15
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10
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30
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10
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20
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20
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5
20
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20
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15
Wind State(?)offcross-
on
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
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off
oncross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crossglassglasscrossoffcross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)

11:49PM
2.11
10:26AM
3.08

11:49PM
2.22
10:52AM
2.58

1:21AM
2.30
12:11PM
3.03

1:20AM
2.33
12:33PM
2.39
1:01PM
2.89
11:11PM
1.59

1:52PM
2.67
3:27AM
2.44


2:37AM
1.43

2:55PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
-0.47

4:23AM
1.20
5:01PM
-0.16

4:50AM
0.98
6:26PM
-0.61

6:16AM
1.09
6:55PM
-0.58

6:40AM
0.88


7:21AM
1.30

8:41PM
-0.17
9:31AM
0.74

7:38PM
-0.01
8:23AM
0.68

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Summary
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Rain (mm)
38--3114312114---24--11-
High °C
13121413111315141611101010141614899999
Low °C
13111312101114141410101010131613799789
Chill °C (?)
1291312101213141610888131614576777
Sunrise
--7:41--7:54--7:07--7:41--7:18--7:48--7:48-
Sunset
4:58--4:46--5:04--5:01--5:00--5:07--5:02--5:06
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.4

SSW
1.1

W
0.9

NW
1.3

WNW
1.7

SSW
2.5

SSW
0.9

WNW
2.5

W
2.4

W
2.2

NW
1.2

NW
1.8

WNW
1.9

WNW
1.7

WNW
2.1

WNW
1.7

WNW
0.3

WNW
3.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
3.5

WNW
4.5

WNW
4.5

NW
Period (s)8101312111112121511101111121111221010171616
Swell2 (m) & direction
1.3

W
0.6

WNW
0.8

W
0.8

SSW
1.3

WNW
1.0

NW
0.1

SW
0.5

W
0.1

SW
2.0

SW
0.9

NNW
0.4

NNW
1.3

SSW
1.3

SW
0.2

S
0.5

S
1.0

S
1.3

WNW
1.5

WNW
0.2

SSW
0.2

SSW
0.2

SSW
Period (s)1110107121117161691098815672019131313
Wind waves (m) & direction
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1.9

SW
1.4

S

-
0.4

ESE
0.5

SE
2.3

SW
0.8

S
0.7

S

-
1.7

SW
1.9

SSW

-
0.2

ESE

-

-
3.5

W
0.6

SSE

-

-

-

-
Period (s)-77-33978-87-2--105----


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