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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	Thu		Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	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	Haggerty's CAL - LA 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 W	0.7 S	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 W	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 W
Period(s)	15	6	14	7	6	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	18	13	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	7
Energy	269	67	299	181	176	217	174	132	153	145	150	108	137	115	98	111	92	136	106	108	140	135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	5:14PM 1.01	3:26AM 1.35		6:02PM 1.15	4:54AM 1.33		6:37PM 1.29		6:22AM 1.80	7:07PM 1.42		6:59AM 1.31	7:55PM 2.03		8:10AM 1.75		8:01PM 1.61	8:30AM 1.24		8:26PM 1.66	9:10AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		9:32PM 0.82	11:19AM 0.37		11:20PM 0.67	12:02PM -0.04		12:44AM 1.00	12:55PM 0.47		1:33AM 0.80	1:18PM 0.06		2:01AM 0.13	1:59PM 0.66		2:38AM 0.01		2:14PM 0.24	3:13AM -0.08		2:38PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	17	18	16	19	19	17	17	18
Low °C	18	16	16	16	14	15	16	15	15	16	14	15	16	14	14	17	15	16	19	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	16	15	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	17	18	16	19	19	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	7:25	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.8 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 S	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	7	6	7	6	13	6	13	12	12	12	13	11	11	5	5	12	4	4	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.2 W	0.6 S	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	15	15	14	16	13	12	16	16	15	12	11	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 W	1.1 W	-	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	6	-	6	4	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	5	-	-	5	4	5	7

	Thursday 23				Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sun
	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	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 - Trails CAL - Orange County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 W	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	1.1 W	0.6 S	1.0 W	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	14	14	13	13	6	13	6	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	436	269	137	270	319	275	287	82	131	227	144	222	176	209	178	158	193	174	155	150	132	150
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:45PM 1.57			3:26AM 1.35					6:28PM 1.69			4:54AM 1.33	5:10AM 1.82				6:37PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)				9:32PM 0.82					11:20AM 0.37				11:38PM 1.20				12:02PM -0.04				12:28AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1
Temp. °C	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	17	15	16	14	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 W	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.4 S	0.8 W	0.4 S	0.9 W	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	7	15	15	15	15	7	7	7	7	13	6	13	6	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.2 W	0.6 S	0.2 W	0.6 S	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	13	15	12	7	7	7	15	14	14	14	16	13	14	13	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	1.1 W	-	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	5

	Thursday 23												Friday 24
	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	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 - Trails CAL - Orange County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 W	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy	441	436	186	436	269	269	268	57	137	252	127	270	194	256	134	187	274	275	275	287	287	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							5:14PM 1.01										3:26AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)											9:58PM 1.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	16	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 S	0.7 W	0.8 S	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 S	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	7	16	7	16	7	7	7	15	15	7	7	15	7	15	6	6	15	15	15	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.2 W	0.5 S	0.2 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	16	13	16	13	15	15	15	12	12	15	15	7	15	7	15	15	7	7	7	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 W	-	0.9 W	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-