San Onofre surf break

San Onofre surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 26 Aug 2025 PDT
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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
23.3° C
(Which is 3.5°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 1PM is: 0.8m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (26 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Evening (26 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

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Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Fri
29
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818171616161616161616151515151414141414101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)520472482438397359356418435362325279234223243254330325246257295300363376
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
NNW
5
WNW
0
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
SSW
0
ENE
5
WNW
0
WSW
5
SE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SE
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
1.49
11:31PM
1.34
11:53AM
1.48
12:11AM
1.14
12:18PM
1.44
1:05AM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:14AM
0.21
5:40PM
0.39
5:34AM
0.37
6:24PM
0.42
5:49AM
0.53
7:20PM
0.47
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Fri
29
Sunrise6:20-------6:20-------6:20-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:21----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202223222019192020242423202021212224242424242425
Feels °C (?)222424232221212222242423212222232324242423222324
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 26 km away suggest it is still onshore at San Onofre (light winds from the W at Oceanside Airport). 0.4m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 17s long period groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.3m 5s windswell, also from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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26 km away, 2 h 16 min ago

15 km/h
W
0.0
23.3
Air / Water (°C)
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