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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	Tue		Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
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	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	12	18	18	16	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	438	356	362	279	243	325	82	213	318	274	346	418	643	368	275	749	652	481	438	283	491	433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:55PM 1.65	11:53AM 1.48		12:11AM 1.14	12:18PM 1.44		1:05AM 0.96	12:46PM 1.39			1:33PM 1.34				3:25PM 1.74			4:56PM 1.37		8:41AM 1.45	6:00PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	5:40PM 0.39		5:34AM 0.37	6:24PM 0.42		5:49AM 0.53	7:20PM 0.47		5:58AM 0.67		9:24PM 0.84	5:39AM 0.79		10:42PM 0.47			12:29AM 0.65			1:07AM 0.52	11:56AM 1.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	24	24	21	25	25	24	27	26	24	25	26	22	23	26	24	26	26	19	24	25
Low °C	21	19	21	24	20	24	24	23	26	26	24	23	26	21	22	25	23	24	25	19	23	24
Chill °C (?)	22	20	24	24	21	25	25	24	27	26	24	25	26	22	23	26	24	26	26	19	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	12	10	9	16	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.3 W	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 W	0.2 S	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	18	18	18	8	19	12	14	7	12	12	6	11	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	0.3 W	0.4 W	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	6	5	-	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26				Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Fri
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	San Onofre 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	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	10	12	11
Energy(?)	482	237	397	359	356	418	435	362	325	279	131	223	243	254	330	325	82	257	295	266	213	376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:28AM 1.49				11:31PM 1.34				11:53AM 1.48				12:11AM 1.14				12:47PM 1.85				1:45AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)			5:40PM 0.39				5:34AM 0.37				6:52PM 0.79				5:49AM 0.53				7:20PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	19	19	19	19	20	21	24	24	24	20	20	22	21	24	25	25	24	25	24	24	25
Chill °C (?)	22	19	19	19	19	20	21	24	24	24	20	20	22	21	24	25	25	24	25	24	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	10	10	10	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	12	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 W	0.6 W	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.3 NW	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	3

	Tuesday 26												Wednesday 27
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	San Onofre 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	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	472	251	482	453	446	438	430	405	397	397	224	359	359	359	356	421	221	418	418	436	196	435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:28AM 1.49												11:31PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)							5:40PM 0.39												5:34AM 0.37
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	18	22	22	22	21	21	20	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	20	19	19	22
Chill °C (?)	22	18	22	22	22	21	21	20	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	20	19	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-