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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Orange County Wavefinder

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	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			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	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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point 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	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	7	14	16	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	19	12	18	18	16	16
Energy(?)	275	281	180	280	483	172	254	317	87	212	200	182	151	200	145	181	362	56	248	308	525	495
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	glass	on	cross	glass	on	on	cross	on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	8:57AM 1.38		8:57PM 1.76	10:07AM 1.78		9:29PM 1.84	11:01AM 1.68		10:04PM 1.87	11:29AM 1.09		11:16PM 1.79	1:11PM 1.45		11:31PM 1.75	1:58PM 0.89		12:29AM 1.60		4:46PM 0.94	1:49AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		2:50PM 0.12	3:41AM -0.23		3:30PM 0.75	4:26AM -0.32		3:55PM 0.86		5:16AM -0.34	4:26PM 0.46		6:30AM 0.13	5:03PM 0.59		7:16AM -0.20	5:50PM 0.71		8:32AM -0.11			9:55AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	4
High °C	18	18	16	19	19	17	20	20	18	20	19	17	18	18	17	18	19	17	17	17	17	15
Low °C	16	17	15	16	19	16	17	20	17	18	19	16	16	18	16	16	18	16	17	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	19	19	17	20	20	18	20	19	17	18	18	17	18	19	17	17	16	17	14
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	14	14	7	14	16	5	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 S	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	9	7	10	15	5	6	5	4	19	4	14	16	16	15	19	19	13	13	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.4 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	4	4	-	-	7	4	6	8	9	5

	Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange 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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	16	17	17	17	17	10	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15
Energy(?)	230	265	314	122	90	281	201	433	388	312	274	282	161	483	375	303	292	275	257	187	312	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	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	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:18AM 1.85				9:05PM 2.31				10:20AM 1.28				9:29PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		2:58AM -0.09				2:50PM 0.12				3:41AM -0.23				3:21PM 0.22				4:26AM -0.32				3:52PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	18	19	17	17	17	17	17	16	20	20
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	16	16	18	19	16	17	17	17	17	16	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	6	14	14	9	14	9	7	7	10	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	14	6	6	13	17	13	13	13	14	6	10	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16
	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	Burnout CAL - LA County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange 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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	17	17
Energy(?)	231	231	230	121	105	265	105	268	314	267	275	153	122	264	264	261	283	281	276	125	333	338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)										8:57AM 1.38												8:57PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)					3:12AM 0.38											2:50PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	15	16	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	15	16	18	18	16	17	17	17	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	6	6	14	6	14	14	14	14	6	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	15	14	6	14	6	6	6	6	14	14	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-