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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	Wednesday 30			Thursday 31			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	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	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.8 W	1.3 W	0.6 SSW	1.2 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	17	18	17	16	16	16	20	14	18	18	16	16	8	8	15	7	13	17	17	16
Energy(?)	135	134	134	213	200	209	171	222	271	164	537	244	374	178	608	251	260	280	112	284	340	439
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:22PM 1.34	1:39AM 1.00		2:29PM 1.35	3:17AM 0.84		3:23PM 1.36		7:23AM 1.22	4:28PM 1.39		8:26AM 1.31	5:30PM 1.46		8:26AM 0.98	6:23PM 1.55		8:44AM 1.05	7:16PM 2.11		9:04AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)			8:13PM 0.60	7:25AM 0.53		9:46PM 0.58	7:46AM 0.68		12:10AM 0.43	8:32AM 1.21		12:46AM 0.32	10:27AM 1.29		1:30AM 0.18	11:50AM 0.89		2:37AM 0.03	12:50PM 0.83		2:38AM -0.05	1:35PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	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	20	21	19	21	22	18	20	23	18	21	24	18	24	23	19	19	23	20	20	23	21	24
Low °C	17	21	18	20	21	17	18	22	17	19	23	17	22	23	18	18	22	18	19	22	20	22
Chill °C (?)	20	21	19	21	22	18	20	23	18	21	24	18	24	23	19	19	23	20	20	23	21	24
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.7 SW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.4 SSW	1.8 W	1.3 W	0.8 W	1.2 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	7	6	18	7	7	16	8	8	8	7	6	7	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	17	18	17	16	16	7	15	14	14	12	12	11	16	11	15	14	13	17	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 30						Thursday 31								Friday 01
	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	101	88	136	134	127	130	187	203	226	112	212	200	204	177	222	268	271	197	326	127	296	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:46PM 1.35				1:39AM 1.00					2:29PM 1.35				3:17AM 0.84				3:42PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	7:39AM 0.38					8:13PM 0.60								9:46PM 0.58			7:46AM 0.68	8:29AM 0.70
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	21	21	19	19	19	19	17	21	22	21	19	19	19	19	20	17	23	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	16	16	21	21	19	19	19	19	17	21	22	21	19	19	19	19	20	17	23	21	20	21
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 30	Thursday 31
	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 W	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	16	6	17	17
Energy(?)	100	101	124	133	134	135	136	136	75	91	134	134	86	134	127	127	128	100	135	100	187	197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)										2:12PM 1.78											1:39AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)			7:02AM 0.36													8:13PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	21	17	20	21	21	19	20	19	19	19	17	19	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	21	17	20	21	21	19	20	19	19	19	16	19	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-