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
Rating
3

4

2

3

4

4

4

5

4

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4

3

4

3

2

4

4

4

4

4

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Wave Height (m) & direction
1.0

SSW
1.0

SSW
0.9

SW
1.5

WNW
3.0

NW
2.5

WNW
2.2

WNW
3.0

NW
3.0

WNW
1.1

SSW
3.5

NW
2.4

WNW
1.5

WNW
2.4

WNW
2.0

WNW
0.7

SSW
3.0

NW
0.7

SSW
1.0

S
1.2

S
1.1

SSW
1.2

SSW
Period(s)
16161588910101017101010991592421202020
Energy
6691121496802216125911767358436741487402016007321337980273239110491380135713941810
Wind
(km/h)
10
10
15
10
15
15
5
5
10
5
5
10
10
10
10
10
10
15
15
5
5
5
Wind State
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
1.29
11:31PM
1.61
1:14PM
1.02
2:11PM
1.40
11:31PM
0.86

3:49PM
1.15
1:03AM
1.41

4:33PM
1.60
1:44AM
1.75

4:28PM
1.53
2:37AM
1.20

4:36PM
1.63
3:56AM
1.07

5:04PM
1.76
4:19AM
1.01
5:50AM
1.53
7:51PM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:56PM
0.95

6:23AM
-0.13
5:23PM
1.30

9:30AM
-0.11
7:20PM
1.05

9:34AM
-0.12

8:23PM
1.39
8:57AM
-0.02

9:29PM
0.91
9:40AM
0.08

11:04PM
0.79
11:20AM
0.73

11:03PM
0.60
11:42AM
0.83

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Summary
cloudysome cloudsclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearsome cloudsclearclearsome cloudsclearlight rainsome cloudssome cloudsrain shwrscloudy
Rain (mm)
-----------------3--1-
High °C
14161828171523161521171920141718141218171415
Low °C
13151627151223111320151319121217121118161315
Chill °C
(?)
14161828161423161521171920121718121218171414
Sunrise
--5:41--5:48--5:48--5:48--5:48--5:48--5:48-
Sunset
8:38--8:07--8:22--8:23--8:08--8:05--8:05--8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.0

SSW
1.2

WNW
0.9

SW
0.7

SSW
2.0

WNW
2.0

WNW
0.9

SSW
2.3

WNW
2.4

WNW
1.1

SSW
2.4

WNW
1.0

SSW
0.7

SW
0.9

SSW
0.8

SSW
0.7

SSW
2.1

WNW
0.8

SSW
1.0

S
1.2

S
1.4

WNW
1.6

WNW
Period (s)1671514810191010171016161616159142120910
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.1

SW
1.0

SSW
0.5

W
0.6

SSW
0.7

SSW
0.9

SW
0.7

SSW
1.2

SSW
1.1

SW
1.1

SSW
1.1

SSW
0.1

S
0.3

S
0.3

S
0.1

S
0.4

S
0.8

SSW
0.7

SSW
0.8

SW
0.8

W
1.1

SSW
1.2

SSW
Period (s)221661818191618181716121616151514241472020
Wind waves (m) & direction
1.2

NW
1.9

NW

-
1.5

WNW
3.0

NW
2.5

WNW
2.2

WNW
3.0

NW
3.0

WNW
2.2

WNW
3.5

NW
2.4

WNW
1.5

WNW
2.4

WNW
2.0

WNW
0.5

W
3.0

NW
1.3

WNW
0.9

W

-

-

-
Period (s)67-88910101010101010996978---


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