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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	Wed		Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	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	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	3	1	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	15	10	10	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	16	15	15	13	14	12	12	15	15
Energy(?)	137	145	60	88	208	278	298	458	254	437	296	167	243	297	204	292	199	87	133	111	137	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:51PM 1.11	8:08AM 1.81		9:31PM 1.07	8:38AM 2.21		10:14PM 1.03	9:12AM 2.15		11:47PM 1.40	9:44AM 2.09		12:00AM 0.96	10:12AM 2.01		1:13AM 0.97	10:32AM 1.49		2:30AM 1.02	11:29AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		1:35AM 0.65		3:21PM 0.24	2:00AM 0.70		3:49PM -0.07	2:26AM 0.75		4:50PM 0.31	3:14AM 1.25		5:46PM 0.01	3:20AM 0.86		6:21PM 0.43	3:59AM 0.92				5:26AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	7	12	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	14	14	16	15	16	17	16	15	16	16	15	17	15	16	16	17	17	19	18
Low °C	15	15	15	13	14	16	15	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	16	15	15	16	16	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	13	12	15	15	15	17	16	15	16	16	15	17	15	16	16	17	17	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	4:45	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	14	4	4	10	10	11	15	15	15	13	13	13	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.3 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	6	14	15	13	13	16	16	15	15	14	12	12	16	12	12	15	14	14	14	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Wednesday 19				Thursday 20								Friday 21								Sat
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.5 SSW	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	11	10	10	10	16	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	185	137	102	146	145	95	115	95	82	54	55	51	327	264	307	187	232	298	512	349	292	333
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:14PM 1.55				7:51AM 1.78					10:13PM 1.03			8:41AM 2.19					10:14PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40PM -0.08				1:56AM 1.09				3:32PM 0.23				2:00AM 0.70				3:49PM -0.07	4:23PM -0.08			2:26AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	5	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	15	14	14	15	16	15	16	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	11	12	15	12	12	14	15	15	15	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	11	15	14	14	14	14	4	4	4	4	13	13	10	11	10	10	10	11	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	8	6	7	6	6	14	14	13	13	4	4	13	13	13	13	4	16	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	0.4 W	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.3 NE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	3	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	3	2	-	-	4	-	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	217	189	112	174	137	111	136	160	89	88	75	75	158	145	120	81	161	161	140	134	115	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												9:27PM 1.54										7:51AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)					2:40PM -0.08											1:58AM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	15	14	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	11	15	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	4	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.2 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	7	15	8	7	8	11	11	11	6	6	14	6	6	11	15	15	10	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	7	6	6	3	3	3	-	3	5	6	6	4	6	-	-