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 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street 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	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	9	13	13	16	15	13	13	17	16	15	15	13	13
Energy(?)	421	312	266	219	137	137	99	98	153	173	270	339	441	326	342	169	308	297	272	213	164	102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:12PM 1.15	7:44AM 2.20		9:33PM 1.07	8:24AM 1.75		10:13PM 1.03	8:35AM 2.20		10:14PM 1.03	8:45AM 1.72		11:01PM 0.99	9:16AM 1.66		12:00AM 0.96	9:50AM 1.58		2:11AM 1.39	10:32AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		2:22PM 0.30	1:11AM 0.59		2:57PM 0.25	2:08AM 0.66		3:47PM -0.09	2:30AM 0.72		3:49PM -0.07	2:26AM 0.75		4:28PM -0.04	2:52AM 0.80		5:12PM 0.02	3:20AM 0.86		6:01PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	4	1	-	-	-	2	12	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	15	16	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	17
Low °C	14	15	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	15	14	15	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	15	15	14	15	15	13	13	15	16	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	17
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	4:50	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	15	14	5	5	13	9	13	13	16	15	13	13	13	16	15	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 W
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	8	6	14	14	9	5	16	16	15	14	14	13	17	15	12	12	15	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	1.0 SE	0.6 NE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	5	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange 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	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	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	615	205	375	294	169	312	299	244	209	234	224	219	174	137	151	138	137	155	142	99	77	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				7:19AM 2.17				8:55PM 1.11				7:27AM 1.78				8:51PM 1.11				7:51AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		1:03AM 0.96				2:41PM -0.04				1:25AM 1.01				2:40PM -0.08				1:35AM 0.65				3:13PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	6	6	11	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	15	14	14	14	14	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	7	6	6	6	14	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 18
	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange 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	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	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	6	10	16	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12
Energy(?)	133	173	159	604	619	560	520	543	491	398	353	367	367	336	336	335	335	290	296	298	151	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										7:13AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)			12:47AM 0.51	1:04AM 0.96													2:08PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	12	6	5	6	6	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	10	12	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	-	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	0.4 S
Period (s)	6	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3