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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	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Abalone Cove 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Oceanside Pier CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.9 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	6	8	7	7	6	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	9	11	11	10	10	9	19	8
Energy(?)	222	366	774	164	208	100	85	65	53	40	47	48	90	112	110	178	169	113	112	103	121	46
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			10:18PM 1.46	10:16AM 1.36		10:49PM 1.51	11:04AM 1.14		11:25PM 1.52	12:49PM 0.87		12:35AM 2.02		2:36PM 1.22	1:19AM 1.46			2:53AM 1.46		6:33PM 0.90		4:22AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		4:14PM 0.41		4:26AM 0.19	4:31PM 0.07		5:18AM 0.19	4:56PM 0.25		6:57AM 0.20	5:38PM 0.94		8:15AM 0.66	6:10PM 1.11		9:49AM 0.12			11:17AM -0.04		9:54PM 0.80	12:14PM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	18	17	18	22	21	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	19
Low °C	13	12	10	11	12	10	13	14	14	16	16	18	20	19	17	18	17	16	16	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	11	11	8	11	11	12	15	13	14	18	16	18	22	21	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	19
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	5:37	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	7	7	6	6	6	6	4	12	4	10	10	9	11	13	10	10	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	-	16	14	10	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	4	12	13	13	16	12	5	12	19	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.9 WSW	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.8 W	0.8 W	-	0.4 W	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	4	-	11	5	-	5	-	-

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Segundo Beach Jetty CAL - LA County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	5	6	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	360	300	244	222	152	366	695	934	1210	1260	847	164	129	95	146	124	100	87	117	85	66	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:35AM 1.54					10:18PM 1.46				10:38AM 1.83				10:49PM 1.51				11:04AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)		3:50AM 0.72					4:07PM -0.08				4:40AM 0.69				4:31PM 0.07				5:18AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	11	10	11	9	8	9	8	9	10	11	10	12	12	10	8	9	13	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.2 SSW	1.3 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	8	12	8	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	15	12	12	12	-	14	11	11	14	14	14	10	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 W	-	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	8	5	6	8	8	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Segundo Beach Jetty CAL - LA County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8
Energy(?)	409	718	360	352	310	303	284	247	244	221	220	233	310	371	152	152	371	366	462	554	695	730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)												9:55AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)						3:41AM 0.22													4:07PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.3 SSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.4 W
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	7	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8