Orange County Surf

Detailed Orange County surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Orange County. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Orange County. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Orange County over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Orange County and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Orange County Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Orange County Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Orange County coastline are also listed below.

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	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	20	19
Energy(?)	174	359	180	298	299	383	349	308	242	172	314	389	286	414	365	441	351	380	372	387	239	490
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	glass	on	on	glass	on	on	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:22AM 1.05	6:23PM 1.75		8:40AM 1.53	6:55PM 1.84		8:43AM 1.24	7:44PM 1.91		9:40AM 1.69		8:28PM 1.93	10:01AM 1.76		9:07PM 1.90	10:09AM 1.44		10:14PM 1.77	10:36AM 1.47		10:20PM 1.68	11:03AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	12:05PM 0.88		1:39AM -0.12	12:54PM 1.18		2:21AM -0.20	1:41PM 0.64		2:58AM -0.23		2:25PM 0.53	3:31AM -0.22		3:06PM 0.45	4:01AM -0.15		3:44PM 0.40	4:58AM -0.05		4:22PM 0.37	4:52AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	22	20	24	24	18	24	24	19	22	25	23	26	26	23	25	25	23	26	26	22	24
Low °C	18	21	19	21	23	17	21	24	18	21	24	22	24	25	22	23	24	22	24	25	21	23
Chill °C (?)	19	22	20	24	24	17	24	24	19	22	25	23	26	26	23	25	25	23	26	26	22	24
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	16	7	15	15	7	14	14	16	13	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	5	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	15	7	6	14	6	9	13	16	7	7	6	24	5	6	21	13	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.6 W	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	-	6

	Monday 18						Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	214	246	389	175	344	338	332	315	333	198	298	299	346	384	362	358	367	265	335	308	299	297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		8:22AM 1.05			5:55PM 1.75					8:40AM 1.53			7:04PM 2.25					9:27AM 1.23			7:44PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			11:34AM 0.86				1:39AM -0.12				12:47PM 0.76					2:21AM -0.20			1:41PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	22	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	24	23	20	21	20	20	21	18	24	24	22	22
Chill °C (?)	17	17	22	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	24	23	20	21	20	20	21	18	24	24	22	22
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	6	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	6	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	18	17	6	13	12	12	12	13	7	16	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	15	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 18	Tuesday 19
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	260	257	319	191	344	344	344	394	389	182	368	359	287	348	344	341	341	251	336	336	332	334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:36AM 1.05	8:02AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)							11:34AM 0.86														1:39AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	19	18	21	22	22	22	22	20	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	18	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	17	17	19	18	21	22	22	22	22	20	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	18	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	12	12	12	12	6	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-