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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	Mon	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA 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	Indicator CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA 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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	15	16	16	16	6	14	14	14	20	20	16	18	18	6	18	17	7	17	10	12
Energy(?)	132	196	235	130	143	171	286	137	106	125	206	175	30	117	247	146	174	197	496	188	329	383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	glass	cross	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:15PM 1.36	9:02AM 1.75		9:51PM 1.28	9:52AM 1.74		10:28PM 1.19	9:43AM 1.73		11:37PM 1.48	10:26AM 2.08		12:42AM 1.37	10:28AM 1.62		1:07AM 0.92	10:56AM 1.53			12:06PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	2:52AM 0.40		3:49PM 0.04	3:12AM 0.50		4:33PM 0.34	3:31AM 0.60		4:57PM 0.05	4:06AM 1.10		5:37PM 0.10	4:25AM 1.20		6:24PM 0.18	4:08AM 0.85		7:26PM 0.25				9:26PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	20	19	19	19	17	18	20	18	22	22	20	22	20	20	19	19	18	17	19	19
Low °C	19	19	20	17	17	18	17	17	19	17	19	21	18	19	19	18	17	18	17	17	19	18
Chill °C (?)	20	21	20	19	19	18	16	18	20	18	22	22	20	22	20	20	19	19	18	17	19	19
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	1.7 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	17	7	8	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	18	12	12	4	13	15	14	14	14	20	20	16	16	18	15	18	15	14	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	-	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	3	4	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
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	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach 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	Burnout CAL - LA County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	17	13	14	15	15	15	15	16	12	16	16	16	16	16	15	6	21	21	6
Energy(?)	259	231	231	205	127	239	229	219	188	210	166	101	128	143	155	218	198	189	266	153	172	118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
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	high	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:15PM 1.36				9:14AM 2.15				10:13PM 1.67				9:23AM 1.75				10:28PM 1.19	11:03PM 1.57			10:18AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				2:52AM 0.40				3:49PM 0.04				3:12AM 0.50				4:22PM 0.03				3:47AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	20	19	20	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	19	19	18	17	18	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	19	20	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	19	19	17	16	18	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	16	16	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	12	12	16	16	16	16	13	15	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 W	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	16	17	18	18	18	12	12	12	16	15	12	4	13	13	16	13	15	13	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	-	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.6 W	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	3	-	4	4	-	4	-	4	4	4	5	6	-	-	-

	Monday 20						Tuesday 21
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
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	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach 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	Burnout CAL - LA County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Energy(?)	238	265	259	261	120	216	231	231	231	141	141	205	92	176	177	184	191	196	133	160	229	143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					9:51PM 1.32												9:02AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)											3:04AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	20	21	19	20	20	20	19	19	20	18	20	19	20	21	21	20	20	21	18
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	21	19	20	20	20	19	19	20	18	20	19	20	21	21	20	20	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	3	4	3