San Onofre surf break

San Onofre surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am 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 8AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (18 Nov)3ft (0.9m)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
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.5
W
1.1
W
1
W
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
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161111121212121515151515151514141414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6759272264214169169150146109107106104104102100100136807875716968
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
0
SSE
0
SE
5
WSW
0
W
5
ESE
0
NNW
5
E
5
E
0
ENE
10
ESE
10
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:03AM
1.76
8:12PM
1.15
7:27AM
1.78
8:51PM
1.11
7:51AM
1.78
9:31PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:47AM
0.51
2:08PM
-0.03
1:11AM
0.59
2:40PM
-0.08
1:35AM
0.65
3:13PM
-0.09
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Sunrise--6:22-------6:24-------6:24-----
Sunset-----4:45-------4:45-------4:45--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------121-1---------22
Temp. °C141414151515151413131314151514141414141415151414
Feels °C (?)121113131213131211121314141513141313141213141311
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