Orange County Surf

Orange County Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Orange County Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Orange County Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Orange County Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Orange County Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Orange County Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Orange County Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Orange County Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Orange County Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Orange County Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			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	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	Doheney Beach 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 - Trails CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	0	3	3	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	23	22	20	20	18	18	18	17	16
Energy	536	480	423	525	341	272	245	239	208	256	224	205	196	260	544	579	638	662	629	834	744	423
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:53PM 1.61		7:40AM 1.05	7:22PM 1.66		8:29AM 1.04	7:50PM 1.70		9:13AM 1.03		8:18PM 1.72	10:39AM 0.98		8:47PM 1.72	11:19AM 0.96		9:45PM 1.68	12:01PM 0.94		9:48PM 1.67	12:46PM 0.93
Low Tide / height (m)	12:26PM 0.34		1:53AM 0.09	12:59PM 0.43		2:31AM -0.02	1:29PM 0.52		3:10AM 0.30	1:58PM 0.58		3:39AM -0.15		2:28PM 0.63	4:13AM -0.17		3:13PM 1.15		5:20AM -0.17	3:30PM 0.70		5:58AM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	16	16	17	16	17	17	17	17	18	17	16	19	18	17	19	16	17	21	19	17
Low °C	16	17	15	15	16	15	15	17	16	16	18	15	16	19	16	16	19	16	16	21	18	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	15	17	15	17	16	17	17	18	17	16	19	18	17	19	15	17	21	19	17
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	1.2 W	0.8 SSW	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	15	15	14	8	7	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	6	6	7	8	20	7	8	18	17	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	14	14	6	6	11	6	6	16	4	14	13	22	20	10	18	18	7	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	San Onofre 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	San Onofre 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach 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
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 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	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	482	464	387	536	546	480	497	520	423	919	572	525	476	341	289	295	272	259	253	245	249	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:06AM 1.53				6:53PM 1.61				7:40AM 1.05				7:22PM 1.66					8:29AM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)	1:08AM 0.24				12:26PM 0.34				1:53AM 0.09				12:59PM 0.43					2:31AM -0.02			1:29PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	16	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	15	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	17	15	16	15	15	15	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	8	8	8	14	7	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 W
Period (s)	4	4	5	10	10	10	9	9	9	14	14	14	9	14	14	9	6	5	5	6	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.8 W	-	-	1.3 W	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	8	-	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	6

	Tuesday 26
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre 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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	511	500	482	476	470	464	456	464	387	441	453	536	536	545	546	553	480	480	480	491	497	506
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)								6:44AM 1.07	7:06AM 1.53											6:53PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			1:08AM 0.24											12:26PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.8 W	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6