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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	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Blackies CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	18	13	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	10	9	20	19	18	18	18	17	16
Energy(?)	212	341	135	312	284	358	411	394	268	325	317	200	226	356	205	156	241	122	173	230	160	224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	off	on	on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:09AM 1.59		9:39PM 1.54	10:09AM 1.99		10:25PM 2.15	10:31AM 1.38		10:36PM 1.69	11:19AM 1.20		11:29PM 2.23	12:15PM 1.01		11:49PM 1.66	1:33PM 0.83	2:11PM 0.86	12:56AM 2.10		3:50PM 0.76	1:56AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		3:34PM -0.12	3:51AM 0.00		4:00PM -0.02	4:48AM 0.40		4:27PM 0.11		5:19AM -0.11	4:53PM 0.26		6:12AM -0.09	5:19PM 0.42		7:18AM -0.03	6:10PM 0.66		8:45AM 0.02	6:16PM 0.73		10:37AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	26	25	26	26	24	24	26	18	22	22	21	20	21	17	19	20	20	19	17	19	20
Low °C	23	25	20	23	26	23	22	24	17	20	21	18	19	20	16	17	20	18	18	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	23	26	25	26	26	24	24	26	18	22	22	21	20	21	16	19	20	20	19	17	19	20
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	11	15	14	14	10	10	9	6	19	18	18	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	11	14	18	12	12	12	15	11	11	11	13	13	13	20	6	6	5	5	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Blackies CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	414	414	443	204	387	175	272	290	278	300	306	132	267	350	376	322	292	370	375	416	369	394
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:27AM 2.09				9:39PM 1.54				10:08AM 1.99				10:06PM 1.63				10:31AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		3:11AM 0.12				3:44PM 0.39				3:51AM 0.00				4:00PM -0.02				4:43AM 0.39				4:33PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	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	24	24	25	24	26	25	22	23	24	24	23	23	27	26	23	24	22	22	23	26	26	22
Chill °C (?)	24	24	25	24	26	25	22	23	24	24	23	23	27	26	23	24	22	22	23	26	26	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	14	11	16	12	12	12	18	14	14	14	18	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 18
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Blackies CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	394	414	414	178	414	186	414	443	443	443	435	212	435	458	387	387	257	255	340	334	272	264
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											9:09AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)					3:11AM 0.12												3:46PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	24	21	24	21	24	24	25	25	26	23	26	26	26	26	26	25	24	23	22	22
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	21	24	21	24	24	25	25	26	23	26	26	26	26	26	25	24	23	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	10	11	11	4	11	3	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	3