Orange County Surf

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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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	Sat		Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point 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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Burnout 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.6 W	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	19	18	18	6	8	16	16	7	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	326	240	235	246	182	130	202	147	181	372	306	610	402	413	235	153	323	398	277	258	216	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	on	cross	glass	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		10:04PM 1.87	11:29AM 1.09		10:44PM 1.84	1:03PM 1.45		11:31PM 1.75	1:58PM 0.89		12:43AM 2.14		4:26PM 1.45	1:49AM 1.45		5:14PM 1.01	3:26AM 1.35		6:22PM 1.69	4:54AM 1.33	5:06AM 1.82	6:37PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	4:03PM 0.88		5:16AM -0.34	4:26PM 0.46		6:24AM 0.14	5:03PM 0.59		7:16AM -0.20	5:50PM 0.71		8:32AM -0.11	7:35PM 1.36		9:55AM -0.06		9:32PM 0.82	11:07AM -0.05		11:20PM 0.67	12:06PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	19	19	17	18	18	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	18	16	16	17	16	16	16
Low °C	19	17	18	19	16	16	17	16	16	17	15	15	16	15	16	17	15	15	17	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	20	18	19	19	17	18	18	17	18	18	16	15	15	14	17	18	15	15	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 S	1.5 W	0.9 W	0.4 S	0.6 S	1.2 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	8	8	16	15	8	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.3 WNW	0.7 S	0.3 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	9	5	19	19	4	14	16	16	15	19	18	13	13	16	16	12	14	14	15	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.6 W	-	-	0.7 W	1.6 W	-	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	6	-	9	8	-	-	4	-	-	7	4	6	6	-	-	8	7	-	7	6	6	5

	Saturday 18				Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tue
	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	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA 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	Doheney Beach 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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	127	326	251	243	240	161	169	235	228	224	189	183	214	181	178	130	194	166	178	165	200	182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:01AM 1.68			10:04PM 1.87					11:29AM 1.09			10:44PM 1.84					12:33PM 0.97				11:45PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)		3:52PM 0.34					5:16AM -0.34			4:26PM 0.46					6:11AM -0.29				5:12PM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	18	17	18	18	18	19	20	19	17	17	16	16	16	18	19	18	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	17	18	18	18	19	20	19	17	17	16	16	16	18	19	18	17	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	5	9	6	6	5	5	5	19	19	19	18	4	4	4	4	14	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	3	-	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	-	-

	Saturday 18	Sunday 19
	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	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA 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	Doheney Beach 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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	131	251	313	313	325	235	263	251	251	251	234	243	178	240	240	185	182	177	160	173	184	169
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:01AM 1.68											10:04PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)					3:52PM 0.34														5:26AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	5	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-