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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	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Salt Creek Beach Park 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	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	16	16	16	6	14	14	14	20	20	16	16	18	7	7	8	8	17	17	17	16
Energy(?)	132	232	130	144	160	273	136	105	114	204	178	186	165	211	204	126	210	320	237	234	244	120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:02AM 1.75		9:51PM 1.28	9:41AM 2.14		10:28PM 1.19	10:00AM 2.13		11:46PM 1.47	10:05AM 1.68		11:58PM 1.00	10:28AM 1.62		2:12AM 1.30	10:56AM 1.53			12:28PM 1.41			12:46PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 0.04	3:12AM 0.50		4:22PM 0.03	3:31AM 0.60		4:57PM 0.05	4:11AM 1.12		5:37PM 0.10	4:02AM 0.77		6:24PM 0.18	4:22AM 1.27		7:26PM 0.25	8:06PM 0.23			9:00PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	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	18	19	19	19	19	17	18	19	18	21	22	19	20	20	20	18	20	17	18	19	19	24
Low °C	17	19	17	17	19	17	16	19	17	19	21	18	18	20	18	17	19	17	17	19	18	21
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	19	19	16	18	19	18	21	22	19	20	20	20	18	20	17	18	19	19	24
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	14	15	16	16	16	16	6	6	6	7	7	16	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	12	12	4	13	15	14	14	14	20	20	13	16	18	18	18	17	16	17	17	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 21						Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Segundo Beach Jetty CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	15	15	15	15	16	12	16	16	16	16	16	15	6	13	21	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	177	132	229	146	188	194	171	106	133	144	155	223	198	187	263	132	157	116	109	105	91	84
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:32AM 1.73				9:51PM 1.28				9:23AM 1.75				10:28PM 1.19	11:03PM 1.57			10:18AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				4:06PM 0.36				3:12AM 0.50				4:22PM 0.03				3:31AM 0.60				4:57PM 0.05	5:10PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	17	17	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	17	17	19	18	18
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	13	14	15	15	15	15	12	12	16	16	16	16	13	15	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 W	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	12	12	12	16	4	12	4	13	13	16	13	15	13	14	15	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 W	-	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	-	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	3	-	4	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 21																		Wednesday 22
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Segundo Beach Jetty CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16
Energy(?)	197	118	177	124	190	195	238	227	159	259	213	258	223	185	127	188	195	184	199	126	171	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	on	glass	on	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					9:02AM 1.75												9:51PM 1.28	10:27PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)											3:49PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	18	18	20	20	19	21	19	20	20	19	19	19	18	19	18	17	17	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	18	20	20	19	21	19	20	20	19	19	19	18	19	18	16	16	17	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	12	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	0.6 W	-	0.3 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	-	0.4 W	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	3	3	3	3	-	3	-	4	4	4	-	4	4