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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	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cottons Point CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Hammerland CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre 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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	10	10	10	8	20	19	18	18
Energy(?)	623	530	414	421	342	245	132	383	224	260	394	266	325	316	298	212	389	208	149	272	237	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	8:32AM 1.61		9:47PM 1.40	9:21AM 2.10		9:39PM 1.54	9:49AM 1.51		10:06PM 1.63	10:31AM 1.38		10:49PM 2.22	11:19AM 1.20		11:10PM 1.70	12:15PM 1.01		12:04AM 2.19	1:33PM 0.83	2:14PM 1.33	12:39AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		3:09PM -0.17	3:41AM 0.15		3:37PM 0.37	3:51AM 0.00		4:00PM -0.02	4:33AM -0.08		4:27PM 0.11		5:19AM -0.11	4:53PM 0.26		6:12AM -0.09	5:30PM 0.96		7:18AM -0.03	6:07PM 1.13		8:45AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	27	26	25	26	23	25	27	25	23	25	18	22	22	16	17	19	18	17	18	16	17
Low °C	24	27	24	24	26	23	22	26	22	22	24	17	20	21	15	17	18	16	16	18	15	16
Chill °C (?)	26	27	26	25	26	23	25	27	25	23	25	18	22	22	16	17	19	18	16	18	16	17
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	18	16	16	16	11	15	14	10	10	10	8	7	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	10	11	14	13	12	14	13	12	12	12	15	11	11	14	13	13	13	20	19	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17						Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cottons Point 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 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	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	18	17	16
Energy(?)	629	622	277	530	410	404	414	414	443	435	387	363	273	290	278	300	281	281	304	182	376	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:32AM 1.61				9:14PM 1.43				9:09AM 1.59				9:39PM 1.54				10:02AM 2.01				10:06PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)				3:13PM 0.31				3:11AM 0.12				3:39PM 0.38				3:51AM 0.00				4:11PM 0.50
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	27	26	25	25	24	25	25	25	26	26	25	23	24	24	24	22	25	27	24	23	24
Chill °C (?)	24	27	26	25	25	24	25	25	25	26	26	25	23	24	24	24	22	25	27	24	23	24
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 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	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	12	18	15	15	14	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	2	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-

	Tuesday 17																		Wednesday 18
	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cottons Point 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 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	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	630	630	373	624	622	622	615	615	598	591	536	530	517	510	410	405	491	475	404	178	414	414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				8:41AM 2.13													9:29PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)											3:09PM -0.17
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	23	24	25	27	28	27	27	27	27	25	27	27	26	25	26	25	24	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	24	24	23	24	25	27	28	27	27	27	27	25	27	27	26	25	26	25	24	25	25	25
Sunrise	-	6:58	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 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	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	4	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	3	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-