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 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			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 - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Lowers) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Thousand Steps CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	204 CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	204 CAL - Orange County	Three Arch Bay CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	3	4	4	2	4	1	2	3	1	1	3	1	0	3	2	2	3	2	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	21	21	19
Energy	1953	1440	1705	1027	1127	1145	980	704	739	695	691	729	689	831	733	725	541	747	664	737	927	1007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	on	on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:17PM 1.45		6:21AM 0.95	5:54PM 1.62		6:58AM 1.01	6:34PM 1.78		8:01AM 1.05	7:16PM 1.92		9:16AM 1.53		8:01PM 2.03	9:51AM 1.12		8:49PM 2.08	10:42AM 1.14		9:37PM 2.08	11:32AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)	10:30AM 0.33		12:10AM 0.36	11:45AM 0.43		1:08AM 0.52	12:04PM 0.48		1:54AM -0.13	12:52PM 0.53		2:42AM -0.32	1:43PM 1.03		3:30AM -0.45		2:30PM 0.59	4:18AM -0.51		3:26PM 1.06		5:07AM -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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	18	21	19	21	21	19	22	22	20	21	22	19	22	22	19	22	20	19	22
Low °C	18	20	19	17	20	18	19	21	19	20	22	19	20	22	18	20	21	18	20	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	18	21	19	21	21	19	22	22	20	21	22	19	22	22	19	22	20	19	22
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	9	10	9	11	11	10	11	19	18	18	16	13	11	12	12	23	21	21	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	11	-	-	5	-	-	10	-	-

	Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	T Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Lowers) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Energy	1340	1530	2139	1953	1851	1440	1524	1694	1705	1701	1684	1027	1164	1127	1107	1136	1145	1122	1124	980	759	704
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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 Tide / height (m)		4:19AM 1.01					5:17PM 1.45				5:45AM 0.99				5:54PM 1.62				6:58AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)	11:03PM 0.60			10:30AM 0.33					12:10AM 0.36				11:17AM 0.41				1:08AM 0.52				12:04PM 0.48
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	16	16	18	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	18	21	20	19	19	18	18	19	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	18	21	20	19	19	18	18	19	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	14	14	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	8	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09
	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	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	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Seal Beach Pier CAL - Orange County	T Street CAL - Orange County	T Street CAL - Orange County	T Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	14	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Energy	1258	1205	1340	1363	1557	1530	1767	1843	2139	1842	177	1953	1635	1866	1851	1777	1692	1440	1606	1543	1524	1523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						4:19AM 1.01													5:17PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	11:03PM 0.60											10:30AM 0.33
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	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	16	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	16	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-