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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
Rating
4

4

4

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4

6

5

6

5

3

4

4

4

5

7

7

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5

4

5

5

5

Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
2.2

NW
2.2

NW
1.9

NW
0.2

WNW
4.5

W
3.5

NW
1.7

WNW
2.5

WNW
1.2

SSW
1.0

SSW
1.5

WNW
1.9

WNW
2.0

WNW
4.5

W
4.0

W
3.0

WNW
1.9

WNW
3.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
3.0

WNW
Period(s) (?)12131212121016151212222114131416151614141315
Energy(?)1302231113991376117111105366283104516391595127010951292184210427728344041816409044014217
Wind
(km/h)
5
0
10
5
15
10
0
10
5
5
15
10
5
10
5
15
15
10
0
15
15
5
Wind State(?)glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
offoffcrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
1.80



2:27PM
1.38

8:01AM
1.84
5:59PM
1.99

7:22AM
1.63
5:17PM
1.66

7:47AM
1.34
6:32PM
1.25

1:59PM
2.35

2:04AM
1.68

2:20PM
2.37
10:53PM
2.14
11:06AM
2.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)


11:06PM
0.20


10:42PM
0.54
12:40PM
1.37

1:28AM
0.28
12:15PM
1.33

11:47PM
0.48
1:24PM
0.73

12:47AM
0.52
6:28AM
0.51
4:28PM
0.52
8:09PM
0.88
7:21AM
0.73

4:39AM
0.47
5:07AM
0.36
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
-----7---------123-----
High °C
1412181825911132310282414171413132122131110
Low °C
1112161724810122172624101513131220191298
Chill °C (?)
141118182581112231028241417141212212212910
Sunrise
7:26--7:09--7:50--7:50--7:50--7:56--7:31--7:56
Sunset
-6:12--6:12--6:16--5:42--6:09--6:04--6:04--
Swell1 (m) & direction
2.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
2.2

NW
2.2

NW
1.9

NW
1.6

SW
4.5

W
3.5

NW
1.7

WNW
2.5

WNW
1.2

SSW
1.0

SSW
1.5

WNW
1.9

WNW
2.0

WNW
4.5

W
4.0

W
3.0

WNW
1.9

WNW
3.0

WNW
2.5

WNW
3.0

WNW
Period (s)12131212121016151212222114131416151614141315
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.4

SSW
0.6

SSW
0.4

SSW
0.5

SW
0.5

SW
0.1

SW

-
0.4

SW
0.6

NW
0.2

WSW
0.6

SW
0.7

SW
1.1

WNW
0.3

SW
0.7

WNW
0.5

SW
0.4

SW
0.8

SSW
0.9

SSW
0.4

WSW
1.7

WNW
0.5

SW
Period (s)17817161616-15171918169171620161816151616
Wind waves (m) & direction
-

-

-

-

-

-

-
1.5

NNW

-

-

-
0.4

WSW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
Period (s)-------7---7----------


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