Orange County Surf

Orange County Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Orange County Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Orange County Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Orange County Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Orange County Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Orange County Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Orange County Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Orange County Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Orange County Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Orange County Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	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	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	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	1	3	3	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	23	21	20	20	18	18	18	17	16
Energy	536	469	414	573	341	229	264	240	209	258	212	205	190	258	504	705	787	804	627	816	746	633
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:53PM 1.61		7:40AM 1.05	7:22PM 1.66		8:29AM 1.04	7:50PM 1.70		9:13AM 1.03		8:18PM 1.72	10:39AM 0.98		8:58PM 2.21	11:19AM 0.96		9:17PM 1.70	12:01PM 0.94		9:48PM 1.67	11:56AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)	12:26PM 0.34		1:53AM 0.09	12:59PM 0.43		2:36AM 0.40	1:29PM 0.52		3:10AM 0.30	1:58PM 0.58		3:39AM -0.15		2:28PM 0.63	4:20AM 0.23		2:59PM 0.67	4:47AM -0.16	5:20AM -0.17	3:30PM 0.70		5:24AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	16	17	16	17	18	17	17	18	17	16	19	17	17	20	19	17	21	20	22
Low °C	16	17	15	15	16	15	15	18	16	16	18	15	16	19	17	16	20	17	16	21	19	20
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	15	16	15	17	18	17	17	18	16	16	19	17	17	20	19	17	21	20	22
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	6	8	7	5	14	14	13	14	14	14	6	13	7	11	11	18	8	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	14	14	11	11	6	6	16	4	14	6	21	20	20	8	18	7	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26						Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
	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	Agate and Pearl Street 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 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	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	361	536	546	469	483	496	414	464	839	573	528	341	312	295	229	260	259	264	251	240	230	204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:06AM 1.53				6:53PM 1.61				7:40AM 1.05				7:22PM 1.66					8:29AM 1.04			7:50PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			12:26PM 0.34				1:53AM 0.09				12:59PM 0.43					2:31AM -0.02			1:29PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	17	18	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	17	18	18	17	16
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	6	7	8	8	14	7	6	14	5	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	14	14	14	14	9	14	14	9	14	6	6	11	10	11	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	-	-	1.5 W	-	1.4 W	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	7	7	-	7

	Tuesday 26																		Wednesday 27
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre 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	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	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 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
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	456	464	361	441	453	536	536	545	546	517	469	469	468	477	483	488	482	496	496	414	414	505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:44AM 1.07	7:06AM 1.53											6:53PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)								12:26PM 0.34													1:53AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	6	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	5	5	10	5	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.7 W	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	-	-	1.4 W
Period (s)	-	5	5	-	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	7