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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	Thu		Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	9	8	12	14	13	18	17	16	15	15	15	14	16	16	14	14	14	17	16
Energy(?)	1649	1174	307	312	303	269	311	216	262	284	270	296	297	398	255	436	481	206	336	194	433	342
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:19PM 0.39	9:17AM 2.50		11:42PM 1.09	9:50AM 1.95		12:44AM 1.47	10:44AM 1.79		1:45AM 1.06	11:53AM 1.60			4:03AM 1.14	1:47PM 1.42		4:55AM 1.26	3:21PM 1.30		5:32AM 1.37	4:12PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)				4:44PM -0.02	3:57AM 0.73		6:06PM -0.27		4:17AM 0.81	6:59PM 0.20		5:33AM 0.91		8:26PM -0.07	8:16AM 0.94		9:17PM 0.41	10:05AM 0.83		10:32PM 0.08	11:19AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	21	21	19	19	19	20	24	22	25	28	27	27	21	21	22	21	23	21	21	22
Low °C	16	17	20	19	19	19	19	19	23	21	24	27	25	22	20	21	21	20	21	19	21	21
Chill °C (?)	17	18	21	21	19	19	19	20	24	22	25	28	27	27	21	21	22	21	23	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	4:58	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.6 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	9	9	8	12	14	13	13	17	16	15	15	15	10	10	16	14	14	14	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	13	13	19	18	18	11	12	8	19	11	14	16	10	9	18	18	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Fri	Thu	Friday 07	Saturday 08	Sun
	1PM	10:30AM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	72nd Place CAL - LA County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	0.9 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	13	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	9	9	13	9	8	12	12	8	14	14	13	13	18
Energy(?)	788	285	1318	1228	1169	615	848	608	406	198	243	211	203	231	206	269	75	311	307	218	216	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					10:36PM 1.18			9:17AM 2.50					10:58PM 1.12				10:11AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)		10:20AM 0.01				2:46AM 0.59					4:33PM -0.32			3:57AM 0.73					6:06PM -0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	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	15	17	17	17	18	17	20	22	20	19	20	20	19	19	19	21	19	19	19	19	21
Chill °C (?)	17	13	17	17	17	18	17	20	22	20	19	20	20	19	19	19	21	19	19	19	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	0.9 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 W
Period (s)	16	13	16	15	15	14	14	9	9	13	9	9	9	8	8	12	8	14	14	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	4	13	13	8	8	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	15	19	19	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Fri	Thursday 06	Friday 07
	11AM	6:30AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	72nd Place CAL - LA County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	1.0 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	560	370	790	871	1649	808	1803	1318	997	723	962	939	930	1259	1169	1169	518	988	993	969	848	535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)												9:56PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)						3:39PM -0.36	4:10PM -0.39											3:16AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	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	16	17	17	16	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	19
Chill °C (?)	17	15	17	17	15	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.4 NW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W
Period (s)	16	4	13	13	16	13	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	14	14	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.9 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	-	16	16	13	16	13	13	13	6	13	13	14	8	8	8	14	8	8	8	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-