San Onofre surf break

San Onofre surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 17 Nov 2025 PST
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San Onofre surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's San Onofre sea temperature is
18.5° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at San Onofre today?

The current surf forecast for San Onofre at 6AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Afternoon (17 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Evening (17 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)17s

Table - waves today at San Onofre. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.1
W
1
W
0.7
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
W
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1313131818171716661110121212151511151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)989664897877756975691122572642141691501461161071068484102102
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
E
10
ESE
10
SE
15
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
0
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
0
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassononglassglassglasscrossglassglassonononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:40AM
1.73
7:33PM
1.18
7:03AM
1.76
8:12PM
1.15
7:27AM
1.78
8:51PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23AM
0.43
1:36PM
0.05
12:47AM
0.51
2:08PM
-0.03
1:11AM
0.59
2:40PM
-0.08
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Sunrise--6:22-------6:22-------6:24-----
Sunset-----4:45-------4:45-------4:45--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1471-1-------------
Temp. °C161615171817161415141415151515141414141515151515
Feels °C (?)161513151614141012111213131314131312131412121415
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