San Onofre surf break

San Onofre surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 Oct 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
18.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at San Onofre today?

The current surf forecast for San Onofre at 8AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (16 Oct)1ft (0.3m)18s
Evening (16 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131318181818121212161616171718181817161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9584535150514847478890129137145204207207267278261223223255255
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
15
W
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
N
10
W
15
W
15
W
0
W
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
1.43
6:36PM
1.53
7:34AM
1.53
7:22PM
1.53
7:58AM
1.62
8:01PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
0.03
12:56PM
0.55
1:17AM
0.06
1:37PM
0.39
1:46AM
0.12
2:13PM
0.26
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--6:54-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-----6:15-------6:14-------6:13--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161617192020191919191921212120202020212323222020
Feels °C (?)151515171717181918181819181819192020192120202020
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at San Onofre (calm at Camp Pendleton Airport 23 km from San Onofre). 0.5m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 6s windswell from the WSW and a 0.1m 15s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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