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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	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street 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	Exiles CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	15	11	14	10	10
Energy(?)	297	543	855	693	714	610	612	535	396	452	345	213	281	304	267	395	369	383	229	346	176	179
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	off	on
High Tide / height (m)			8:31PM 1.20	8:04AM 2.11		9:14PM 1.81	8:32AM 1.61		9:14PM 1.43	9:09AM 1.59		9:52PM 2.06	10:08AM 1.99		10:17PM 2.16	10:31AM 1.38		10:36PM 1.69	11:19AM 1.20		11:29PM 2.23	12:38PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		2:18PM -0.15	1:58AM 0.41		3:12PM -0.14	2:45AM 0.80		3:09PM -0.17	3:11AM 0.12		3:34PM -0.12	3:59AM 0.49		4:05PM 0.49	4:40AM 0.39		4:27PM 0.11		5:19AM -0.11	5:01PM 0.79		6:25AM 0.37
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	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	20	18	22	23	20	22	24	23	22	23	23	24	27	24	24	25	22	19	21	18	16
Low °C	16	20	17	19	22	19	21	23	22	21	22	20	22	26	21	22	24	21	18	20	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	20	18	22	23	20	22	24	23	22	23	23	24	27	24	24	25	22	19	21	18	16
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	20	20	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	15	11	14	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.5 SW	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	13	19	12	12	12	12	15	4	14	14	12	15	18	12	12	12	12	15	11	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	10	4	4	3	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Linda Lane Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Huntington Beach 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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	408	615	736	517	328	263	739	759	912	658	733	693	360	711	688	621	610	632	620	612	283	551
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:19AM 1.51					8:31PM 1.20			7:55AM 1.58	8:02AM 2.11				8:51PM 1.31				8:41AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	1:22AM 0.56					2:29PM 0.31			1:58AM 0.41					2:48PM 0.28				2:34AM 0.26				3:13PM 0.31
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	16	16	16	18	17	19	18	18	19	19	20	22	21	21	19	21	21	21	22	22	23	22
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	18	17	19	18	18	19	19	20	22	21	21	19	21	21	21	22	22	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	20	20	20	8	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 W
Period (s)	20	13	13	13	20	6	13	13	18	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10

	Sunday 15
	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	Linda Lane Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Huntington Beach 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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19
Energy(?)	363	412	408	408	291	311	629	626	736	724	723	687	297	563	552	548	547	543	541	649	287	767
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)									7:19AM 1.51													8:51PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			1:22AM 0.56													2:18PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	18	17	18	19	20	20	20	19	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	18	17	18	19	20	20	20	19	18	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	8	7	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	20	20	20	20	20	13	13	13	13	13	7	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-