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 13			Thu	Fri	Thu	Friday 15			Sat	Sun	Sat	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	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	Burnout CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Exiles CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County
Rating	0	0	2	2	0	3	2	1	2	2	0	3	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	1.4 SW	2.0 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.4 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW
Period(s)	14	13	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	10	14	9	9	8	12	12	7	15	16	16	13	16
Energy	254	310	227	435	592	516	238	220	406	410	742	719	361	209	660	235	104	151	78	117	213	99
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:15PM 1.66		8:37AM 1.16			9:17AM 1.64		8:23PM 1.93	10:25AM 1.13		9:30PM 2.01	11:20AM 1.10		10:15PM 1.96	12:12PM 1.54		10:33PM 1.94	1:20PM 1.51		11:38PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)	12:57PM 0.24		2:16AM 0.40	2:00PM 0.33	5:52AM 0.25	2:48AM -0.25		2:16PM 0.87	3:34AM -0.39		6:40AM 0.14	4:48AM -0.50		3:39PM 1.04		5:31AM -0.08	4:26PM 1.12		6:27AM -0.02	5:21PM 1.20		7:27AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	15	15	18	16	16	17	16	15	17	17	18	18	16	17	18	17	17	18	17	17
Low °C	16	17	15	14	18	15	15	17	15	15	15	16	16	18	16	17	18	16	17	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	14	15	18	16	15	16	16	15	17	17	18	18	16	16	18	17	17	18	17	17
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:54	7:09	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	7:09	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	1.4 SW	2.0 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.4 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	13	17	16	15	15	15	10	14	10	14	9	9	8	12	12	7	7	6	6	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.2 NNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	11	18	13	8	4	11	10	14	10	14	-	14	13	13	13	13	12	15	16	16	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 13						Thu	Wed	Thursday 14					Fri	Thu		Friday 15
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	12:30PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	9:30AM	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Exiles CAL - LA County
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	19	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy	303	285	262	254	270	310	682	338	227	444	427	435	290	592	473	502	516	482	384	238	250	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:07AM 1.19									8:37AM 1.16			7:47PM 1.81					9:17AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	1:19AM 0.19				12:57PM 0.24					2:03AM -0.05			1:38PM 0.79					2:48AM -0.25				2:16PM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	17	17	17	21	15	15	14	14	15	17	18	16	16	15	15	14	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	17	16	16	21	15	15	14	13	15	17	18	16	16	15	15	14	15	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	19	13	17	16	8	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	10	15	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.2 NNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	18	18	13	17	13	13	16	8	11	4	11	11	11	11	15	10	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 13																				Thu
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	10:30PM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	5:30AM	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	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Exiles 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	19	18
Energy	306	303	303	298	298	285	262	312	262	167	160	254	254	272	270	269	313	310	327	325	682	841
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									7:07AM 1.19													12:32PM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)			1:19AM 0.19											12:57PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	21	21
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	17	18	16	16	16	16	17	16	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	19	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	4	4