San Onofre surf break

San Onofre surfForecast / CAL – Orange County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 15 Sep 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
21.1° 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 7PM is: 0.7m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)--
Afternoon (15 Sep)2ft (0.6m)20s
Evening (15 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)19s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)201919181818181817161616161616151515151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)445531502551615614594531664552489573577564583527445458435486485436418351
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
W
20
W
10
W
5
NW
5
WNW
0
SSW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
WNW
20
WNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:38PM
1.57
7:19AM
1.19
5:54PM
1.65
7:46AM
1.30
6:51PM
1.73
8:12AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:30AM
0.01
12:02PM
0.84
1:18AM
-0.07
12:59PM
0.67
1:55AM
-0.09
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise------6:33-------6:33-------6:35-
Sunset-6:57-------6:54-------6:53------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------1664
Temp. °C232322222323242626252223222222232526272522222223
Feels °C (?)242424242424252625252324232322232323242423242425
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Orange County

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 23 km away suggest it is still onshore at San Onofre (light winds from the SW.(Wind varies from 200 to 270 degs) at Camp Pendleton Airport). 0.4m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 19s long period groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.2m 6s windswell, also from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
SW
0.0
21.1
Air / Water (°C)
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