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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	Sun	Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23
	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	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	Carlsbad City Beach CAL - San Diego County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Blackies 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
Rating	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	18	17	6	11	12	11	15	15	14	14	13	10	13	13	13	15	14	13	17	16	16
Energy(?)	54	96	142	218	243	290	305	165	119	142	67	57	198	341	504	375	330	377	235	137	238	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:40AM 1.73		7:33PM 1.18	7:03AM 1.76		8:12PM 1.15	7:44AM 2.20		8:51PM 1.11	7:51AM 1.78		10:03PM 1.52	8:17AM 1.76		10:53PM 1.45	8:45AM 1.72		11:01PM 0.99	9:16AM 1.66		12:37AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	12:23AM 0.43		1:36PM 0.05	12:47AM 0.51		2:23PM 0.30	1:11AM 0.59		2:40PM -0.08	1:35AM 0.65		3:24PM 0.23	2:22AM 1.15		4:10PM 0.26	2:49AM 1.20		4:28PM -0.04	2:52AM 0.80		5:12PM 0.02	3:34AM 1.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	3	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	16	16	15	16	18	19	19	19	19	18
Low °C	16	17	16	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	18	19	17	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	15	14	15	15	13	15	16	14	15	18	19	19	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	5	12	12	12	11	12	11	9	7	6	5	5	10	13	13	13	15	15	13	12	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	6	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	4	13	16	16	15	14	14	13	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 S	0.5 SSW	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	0.7 NE	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles 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	Dana Point CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 SW	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	17	17	16	6	11	11	11	10	9	12	15	15	11	15	11
Energy(?)	143	182	115	117	81	96	150	91	164	193	218	293	323	340	169	121	291	269	268	253	213	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)	6:52PM 1.21				6:40AM 1.73					7:33PM 1.18				7:03AM 1.76				8:12PM 1.15				7:38AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)			12:23AM 0.43					1:51PM 0.39			12:47AM 0.51					2:22PM 0.30				1:11AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	10	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	15	16	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	13	14	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	11	11	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	11	5	6	6	6	18	17	17	16	16	11	16	16	16	11	16	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 16							Monday 17
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles 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	Dana Point CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	12	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	145	145	143	143	182	77	181	78	115	116	116	108	77	82	80	83	148	175	146	152	150	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			6:52PM 1.21												6:56AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)									12:23AM 0.43													1:44PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	5	13	5	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	11	13	11	13	5	6	6	10	6	6	6	6	18	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	5	5	5