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 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Bolsa Chica CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County
Rating	0	3	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	18	17	16	16
Energy(?)	196	552	281	464	341	358	141	167	62	199	274	221	199	143	181	135	124	141	127	122	165	258
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:07PM 2.05		8:13AM 1.67	6:51PM 1.73		8:12AM 1.40	7:36PM 1.76		9:02AM 1.84		8:26PM 2.12	9:18AM 1.92		8:52PM 1.70	9:24AM 1.60		9:43PM 1.97	10:20AM 1.58		10:16PM 1.85	10:09AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	12:02PM 0.84		1:18AM -0.07	1:08PM 1.09		1:55AM -0.09	1:43PM 0.52		2:27AM -0.08		2:35PM 0.81	2:59AM 0.31		2:57PM 0.30	3:19AM 0.06		3:30PM 0.24	3:50AM 0.53		4:22PM 0.55	4:09AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	25	21	23	23	23	22	22	20	23	23	21	23	23	21	25	26	24	26	28	24	24
Low °C	19	24	20	21	22	21	20	22	19	21	22	21	21	23	21	22	25	23	25	27	23	22
Chill °C (?)	22	25	21	23	23	23	22	22	20	23	23	21	23	23	21	25	26	24	26	28	24	24
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.5 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	12	14	5	17	5	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	12	16	12	12	15	4	8	13	13	10	13	12	16	4	14	14	5	18	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.3 W	0.4 W	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	3	2	3	-	-	6	-	9	4	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	-

	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange 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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	Dana Point 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	0	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	594	196	664	251	489	530	577	564	582	196	200	341	505	401	409	390	386	269	219	166	356	281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:19AM 1.19				5:54PM 1.65				7:46AM 1.30	8:13AM 1.67			7:00PM 2.11					8:33AM 1.77			7:45PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)			12:02PM 0.84				1:18AM -0.07				1:09PM 1.09				1:55AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	3	1	2	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	25	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	22	21	22	23	23	21	22	23	20	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	25	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	22	21	22	23	23	21	22	23	20	22	22	22
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	16	12	16	12	12	12	12	10	14	15	15	14	14	8	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NE	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	8	3	3	3	4	4

	Tuesday 16	Wednesday 17
	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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange 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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	Dana Point 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	0	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	614	238	594	235	622	519	509	671	664	286	266	552	592	495	489	490	530	427	93	281	577	577
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:19AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)								12:02PM 0.84													1:21AM 0.25
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	22	19	22	20	25	25	26	26	25	22	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	22	19	22	20	25	25	26	26	25	22	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	4	4	16	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	3	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-