Orange County Surf

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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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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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	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point 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	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
Rating	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	17	14	16	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	19	19	18	17	16	16
Energy(?)	275	281	261	290	456	173	254	317	86	228	200	94	151	164	52	181	293	155	591	502	514	578
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	on	on	on	on	on	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	8:57AM 1.38		9:13PM 2.29	9:44AM 1.32		9:39PM 2.39	10:34AM 1.21		10:04PM 1.87	12:09PM 1.06		10:44PM 1.84	12:33PM 0.97		11:31PM 1.75	1:58PM 0.89		1:03AM 1.58		3:47PM 0.91	1:59AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		2:58PM 0.64	3:56AM 0.21		3:30PM 0.75	4:35AM 0.11		3:52PM 0.34		5:46AM -0.34	4:37PM 1.01		6:11AM -0.29	5:03PM 0.59		7:16AM -0.20	5:50PM 0.71		8:32AM -0.11	7:17PM 0.81		9:55AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	5	1
High °C	17	18	16	19	19	17	20	20	18	20	19	16	19	19	16	18	19	17	16	17	16	16
Low °C	15	17	15	16	19	16	17	20	17	18	19	15	17	18	15	16	18	16	16	17	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	19	19	17	20	20	18	20	19	15	19	19	16	18	19	17	16	16	15	15
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	14	14	7	14	16	5	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	18	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	6	6	13	7	11	15	5	6	9	9	19	14	14	16	16	15	19	19	13	13	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	4	4	3	-	-	-	7	7	7	8	6

	Thursday 16						Friday 17								Saturday 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	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Dana Point 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	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	16	17	17	17	17	10	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	314	122	115	281	201	390	389	337	275	279	161	456	375	310	292	276	257	187	312	317	251	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:18AM 1.85				9:07PM 2.30				10:20AM 1.28				9:29PM 1.84								10:04PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)				2:50PM 0.12				3:41AM -0.23				3:21PM 0.22				4:26AM -0.32				3:52PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	16	16	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	20	20	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	17	17	17	17	15	16	14	16	16	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	20	20	18	18
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	6	14	14	9	9	9	9	7	10	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	6	14	6	6	13	17	13	13	13	14	6	11	6	6	5	5	5	6	10	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Thursday 16	Friday 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	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Dana Point 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	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	17	17	17	8	17	17	17	17
Energy(?)	267	131	132	267	96	322	328	264	257	205	139	281	276	404	361	385	387	159	433	389	389	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				8:57AM 1.38	9:18AM 1.85											8:57PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	14	6	6	14	6	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	14	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	6	14	14	6	14	6	6	6	6	14	6	6	6	17	17	17	17	17	17	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-