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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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	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	14	14	16	16	16	14	15	15	16	16	21	14	14	14	20	20	16	18
Energy(?)	331	265	171	277	210	267	200	237	231	142	282	215	182	260	195	108	132	55	191	159	43	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:01PM 1.49	8:20AM 1.68		8:38PM 1.43	8:41AM 1.73		9:15PM 1.36	9:02AM 1.75		10:21PM 1.66	9:23AM 1.75		10:53PM 1.58	9:43AM 1.73		11:09PM 1.09	10:05AM 1.68		11:58PM 1.00	10:28AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		2:13PM 0.26	2:10AM 0.20		3:02PM 0.51	2:32AM 0.30		3:18PM 0.09	2:52AM 0.40		3:49PM 0.04	3:31AM 0.92		4:22PM 0.03	3:47AM 1.01		4:57PM 0.05	3:48AM 0.69		5:52PM 0.44	4:02AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	22	22	23	20	21	22	20	18	20	17	18	19	17	18	20	19	22	22	21	21
Low °C	22	23	20	21	22	19	20	21	19	18	19	16	16	18	15	15	19	18	21	22	19	19
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	22	23	20	21	22	20	18	20	17	18	19	17	18	20	19	22	22	21	21
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	6:13	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	16	13	14	15	15	16	16	13	5	5	5	5	5	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	11	11	16	13	16	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	20	20	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	16	-	-	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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 CAL - Orange County	Indicator 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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16
Energy(?)	251	309	319	331	125	265	314	328	322	298	284	142	230	210	257	253	280	291	231	233	239	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			7:58AM 1.62					8:01PM 1.49				8:38AM 2.05				8:38PM 1.43				8:53AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)	1:46AM 0.12					2:13PM 0.26				2:10AM 0.20				2:46PM 0.16				2:32AM 0.30				3:18PM 0.09
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	20	20	22	23	22	23	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	22	20	20	20	20	20	20	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	22	23	22	23	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	22	20	20	20	20	20	20	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	18	11	11	11	16	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4

	Saturday 18
	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	Indicator 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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	3	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	256	253	251	314	2	309	340	330	319	312	338	134	331	316	295	282	264	265	301	267	314	303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									7:58AM 1.62													8:01PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			1:46AM 0.12													2:13PM 0.26
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	21	21	20	20	21	20	21	21	22	22	23	21	24	24	22	23	23	23	22	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	21	20	21	21	22	22	23	21	24	24	22	23	23	23	22	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	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	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	3	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-