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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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	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	Dana Point CAL - 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	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Bolsa Chica CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	9	12	8	11	8	9	7	7	8	9	12	11	11	11	10	10	16	15	15	5
Energy(?)	148	241	270	286	231	232	131	174	221	123	82	61	77	57	98	70	75	87	100	103	96	193
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:09PM 1.01	7:37AM 1.73		9:29PM 1.49	7:37AM 1.76		9:32PM 1.04	8:09AM 1.76		10:08PM 1.04	8:58AM 2.25		10:45PM 1.04	9:15AM 1.71		12:10AM 1.03	10:25AM 1.62		12:52AM 1.06	10:29AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		2:35PM -0.10	1:21AM 0.72		2:34PM -0.16	1:38AM 1.16		3:07PM -0.18	1:54AM 0.71		3:41PM -0.19	2:29AM 0.72		4:28PM 0.20	3:04AM 0.73		4:52PM -0.15		4:10AM 0.80	5:29PM -0.09		4:33AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3
High °C	16	18	20	22	21	21	21	19	15	15	17	17	19	19	18	19	19	17	18	17	17	19
Low °C	15	18	18	21	21	20	21	19	15	15	17	17	18	18	17	18	18	16	17	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	18	20	22	21	21	21	19	14	14	17	17	19	19	18	19	19	17	18	16	16	19
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	4:44	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	8	11	8	9	7	7	8	9	6	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.1 SW	0.4 W	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	6	15	4	11	16	16	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	-	-	0.7 S	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	4	5

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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	2	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	0.8 W
Period(s) (?)	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	12	12	12	8	8	12	12	11	8	11	8	8	9
Energy(?)	110	255	280	316	188	229	289	277	270	266	258	232	279	256	321	260	232	209	310	131	229	144
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				7:07AM 1.69				8:21PM 1.03				7:06AM 1.74				8:57PM 1.04				7:37AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	12:12AM 0.67					2:15PM 0.27			12:46AM 0.69					2:43PM 0.21				1:52AM 0.74				3:07PM -0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	14	14	18	17	18	18	18	19	20	23	22	21	21	20	20	17	17	21	18	20
Chill °C (?)	15	13	14	14	18	17	18	18	18	19	20	23	22	21	21	20	20	17	17	21	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	13	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	8	11	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	15	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 17
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	2	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	1.2 W	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	15	13	13	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	12
Energy(?)	118	152	153	194	140	120	151	148	148	147	179	192	282	255	188	221	241	364	375	255	400	289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)									6:36AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			12:50AM 0.69														2:02PM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	12	13	15	13	15	15	15	16	16	17	16	17	18	18	19	16	16	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	13	15	13	15	15	15	16	16	17	16	17	18	18	19	16	16	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.2 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	9	8	8	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	15	13	13	13	15	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-