San Onofre surf break

San Onofre surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 20 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
18.2° 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 9PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)--
Afternoon (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
1
2
0
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.8
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.5
SSW
0.7
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1414131318101098131313161315151515141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)757169686813322819413036628916814017816716722222216515813012510199
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
S
20
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
20
SE
5
SSE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
10
NE
15
WNW
10
NW
0
NNW
5
E
5
SE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:31PM
1.07
8:17AM
1.76
10:14PM
1.03
8:45AM
1.72
11:01PM
0.99
9:16AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13PM
-0.09
2:00AM
0.70
3:49PM
-0.07
2:26AM
0.75
4:28PM
-0.04
2:52AM
0.80
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise------6:26-------6:26-------6:28-
Sunset-4:45-------4:45-------4:44------
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-241111111----------------
Temp. °C161514141615161617171616151515171919181817171717
Feels °C (?)141410101311101113161212111111131517151616161515
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