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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Orange County Wavefinder

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	Sun	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Salt Creek Beach Park CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Salt Creek Beach Park CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	0	3	3	0	2	2	0	2	1	2	2	2	0	2	1	2	2	1	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	8
Energy(?)	855	274	776	618	295	530	331	184	348	169	281	350	269	240	394	192	290	216	133	199	325	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	8:31PM 1.20	7:55AM 1.58		8:51PM 1.31	8:41AM 2.13		9:35PM 1.93	9:26AM 2.09		9:39PM 1.54	9:49AM 1.51		10:06PM 1.63	10:47AM 1.87		10:55PM 2.21	11:38AM 1.69		11:10PM 1.70	12:15PM 1.01		12:04AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)	1:58AM 0.41		2:43PM -0.18	2:34AM 0.26		3:13PM 0.31	3:23AM 0.64		3:39PM 0.38	3:51AM 0.00		4:00PM -0.02	4:33AM -0.08		4:38PM 0.65		5:30AM 0.35	4:53PM 0.26		6:12AM -0.09	5:19PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	23	21	21	24	23	22	24	23	24	26	24	24	25	22	21	21	19	20	19	16
Low °C	15	17	22	19	20	23	21	21	24	21	21	25	20	22	24	19	20	20	18	18	19	15
Chill °C (?)	17	19	23	21	21	24	23	22	24	23	24	26	24	24	25	22	21	21	19	20	19	16
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	11	15	14	10	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	19	12	12	12	10	15	10	14	13	12	15	18	12	12	12	15	11	11	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	7	4	-	10	-	-	6	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Sun		Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Salt Creek Beach Park CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	739	760	912	658	769	692	359	350	687	659	650	632	630	612	294	264	508	404	422	403	441	350
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:31PM 1.20				8:02AM 2.11				8:51PM 1.31				8:41AM 2.13				9:14PM 1.43				9:21AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)			1:58AM 0.41					2:54PM 0.29				2:34AM 0.26				3:19PM 0.32				3:11AM 0.12
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	16	17	18	18	18	21	20	20	20	20	21	22	21	22	23	22	21	24	23	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	18	18	21	20	20	20	20	21	22	21	22	23	22	21	24	23	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	13	13	18	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	10	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	3	6	6	-	-	-	5	2	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15						Monday 16
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Salt Creek Beach Park CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	541	708	739	848	760	760	358	389	855	913	684	658	767	797	361	358	693	736	735	780	772	603
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				8:31PM 1.20												8:07AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)																						2:48PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	20	22	22	23	23	21
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	20	22	22	23	23	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	20	20	20	20	19	18	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7