San Onofre surf break

San Onofre surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 18 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 1.6°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 11PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)--
Afternoon (18 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (18 Nov)2ft (0.6m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.1
S
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
W
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)12121215151515151515141414141414141413566109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)214169169150146109107106104104102100100136807875716968138183377247
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
10
S
5
SE
5
E
5
ENE
5
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
15
WNW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SE
5
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
5
N
0
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncrosscrossglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:12PM
1.15
7:27AM
1.78
8:51PM
1.11
7:51AM
1.78
9:31PM
1.07
8:17AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
-0.03
1:11AM
0.59
2:40PM
-0.08
1:35AM
0.65
3:13PM
-0.09
2:00AM
0.70
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise------6:24-------6:24-------6:26-
Sunset-4:45-------4:45-------4:45------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----11-------1---1313254--
Temp. °C151515151414141516161515151414151614141312131314
Feels °C (?)1313131313131314131212121411131314131312991113
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