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Surf Check

My favorite view, pretty much. Look at how lovely this place is. Now, doesn't that make you never want to litter again?
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/g9/latest_g9vishem.gif

Ocean Beach - This map shows the swell height in feet, the swell period (longer is better, in this case -17 seconds is excellent, powerful, clean ground swell while 9 seconds is horrible, messy wind swell), and it also shows the direction the swell is coming from, with North being 360 and South being 180 (the high 200s is great, low 300s works, too).
http://cdip.ucsd.edu/models/sf.gif

This is the real-time San Francisco Bay wind patterns... Blowing out to sea, or not at all, is best. http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/wind/

This is a very cool list of NOAA and CDIP buoys. These give you a look at how the whole coast from the Aulutians to So. Cal and Hawaii are doing. Click on any one and get more info.
http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/buoylist.html

This is the world as I see it. An animated wave height and direction model. Pretty cool view of Gaia.
http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/global.html

If you like to look at the Earth from up high, check out this link. Once you get there, I recommend the NE Pacific Visible. Vertigo! Awesome. http://facs.scripps.edu/surf/sat.html

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