Orange County Surf

Orange County Surf Forecast

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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	Fri	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Three Arch Bay CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	204 CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Huntington Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	1	0	3	1	0	3	1	0	3	2	2	4	3	2	3	1	0	3	1	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	18	13	16	16	16	15	15	14	21	21	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	18	14
Energy	647	714	814	705	548	658	694	766	886	929	1007	1749	1139	1198	1106	949	732	802	704	592	809	534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	glass	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:58AM 1.09		8:01PM 2.03	10:11AM 1.56		8:58PM 2.59	10:42AM 1.14		9:48PM 2.58	11:32AM 1.15		10:28PM 2.01	12:23PM 1.17		11:19PM 1.87	1:16PM 1.20		12:13AM 1.68		2:10PM 1.25	1:13AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	2:42AM -0.32	1:40PM 0.57		3:30AM -0.45		2:30PM 0.59	4:25AM -0.16		3:21PM 0.59		5:07AM -0.50	4:14PM 0.60		5:55AM -0.43	5:11PM 0.62		6:43AM -0.31	6:14PM 0.64		7:45AM 0.23	7:26PM 0.66
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	23	20	20	23	20	22	23	20	22	22	20	23	23	20	23	23	19	20	22	19
Low °C	19	21	22	19	19	22	19	21	22	19	21	22	19	21	22	19	21	22	18	18	21	17
Chill °C (?)	20	22	23	20	20	23	20	22	23	20	22	22	20	23	23	20	23	23	19	20	22	19
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	18	18	16	13	11	12	12	20	21	21	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	17	18	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	-
Period (s)	-	4	11	-	-	10	10	10	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	-

	Fri		Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Three Arch Bay CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	13	18	18	18	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy	634	629	647	736	710	714	642	814	808	705	705	623	716	548	654	658	541	652	694	823	776	766
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	on
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:24PM 2.42					8:58AM 1.09				8:01PM 2.03				10:11AM 1.56				8:49PM 2.08				10:42AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)				2:42AM -0.32			1:43PM 1.03					3:35AM -0.09				2:30PM 0.59				4:18AM -0.51
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	20	20	22	21	22	20	20	20	19	20	20	23	22	20	20	19	19	21	22
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	20	20	22	21	22	20	20	20	19	20	20	23	22	20	20	19	19	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	24	24	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	4	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	10	10	-	-	10

	Friday 12						Saturday 13
	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	Agate and Pearl Street 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	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	Church CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Linda Lane Beach CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	13	18	13	13	17	17	13	17
Energy	637	498	634	580	568	629	629	646	647	644	644	736	736	644	710	731	714	714	791	826	642	764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:24PM 2.42													8:58AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)										2:42AM -0.32											1:43PM 1.03
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	20	22	22	22	22	22	21	23
Chill °C (?)	22	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	20	22	22	22	22	22	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	10	10	11