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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	Sat	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18
	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	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	Burnout CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout 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	Burnout CAL - LA County	Laguna Beach - Rockpile 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	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	14	14	7	16	16	13	15	15	15	14	14	8	14	16	15	14	15	14
Energy(?)	502	377	354	352	343	232	541	319	318	209	306	279	172	292	149	447	294	403	169	253	253	172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:02AM 1.77	7:46PM 1.72		6:45AM 1.35	7:40PM 1.34		7:29AM 1.40		8:15PM 2.02	8:23AM 1.90		8:43PM 1.66	8:57AM 1.38		8:57PM 1.76	9:44AM 1.32		9:46PM 2.39	10:34AM 1.21		10:22PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)	12:32AM 1.23	1:03PM 0.48		1:13AM 1.04	1:25PM -0.01		1:39AM 0.29	1:53PM 0.00		2:25AM 0.58		2:22PM 0.53	3:07AM -0.09		2:50PM 0.12	3:41AM -0.23		3:44PM 0.26	4:43AM 0.11		3:52PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	16	15	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	15	17	17	17	18	19	17	20	21	19
Low °C	16	17	16	14	15	16	15	16	17	15	15	16	15	15	17	16	16	19	16	18	21	18
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	15	15	14	15	17	17	15	16	16	14	16	17	17	18	19	16	20	21	19
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 W	0.9 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	14	14	7	7	7	6	7	15	6	14	14	8	7	16	15	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	7	11	11	5	10	18	14	16	16	13	15	7	15	7	6	17	14	10	10	5	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	0.8 W	-	0.7 W	1.1 W	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	10	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-

	Sat		Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	14	16	16
Energy(?)	254	243	252	240	385	377	375	374	341	368	415	460	351	343	409	366	404	376	541	310	319	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:37PM 1.61				5:57AM 1.27				7:21PM 1.20				6:59AM 1.38				7:40PM 1.34	8:14PM 1.33			7:29AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)			12:32AM 1.23				12:56PM 0.02				1:08AM 1.03				1:25PM -0.01				1:52AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	16	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	14	16	16	15	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	7	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	18	10	10	18	14	14	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	7	7	7	4	4	4	5	5	7	10	10	10	10	4	5	7	7	-	-	-

	Saturday 11						Sunday 12
	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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 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	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	259	255	254	254	510	510	509	502	502	498	492	405	367	389	385	385	378	224	222	385	375	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			7:37PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)								12:17AM 0.68												12:56PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 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	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	4