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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	Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Mon
	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 - Trails CAL - Orange County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ponto CAL - San Diego County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	4	3	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.3 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	9	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	13	12	10	10	9	9	8	7	7
Energy(?)	79	67	80	118	109	128	696	482	540	295	258	988	1065	1287	668	279	239	229	84	62	33	21
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:25PM 1.05	9:50AM 1.64		12:09AM 1.07	10:29AM 1.53		12:54AM 1.12	11:16AM 1.37		1:42AM 1.19	12:20PM 1.18		2:34AM 1.77		1:55PM 1.00	3:17AM 1.44		3:45PM 0.91		4:03AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		5:07PM 0.25	3:44AM 0.75		5:58PM -0.10		4:33AM 0.78	6:07PM -0.02		5:38AM 0.80			7:06AM 0.77		7:24PM 0.64	8:48AM 0.65		8:16PM 0.33	10:19AM 0.43		9:10PM 0.90	11:28AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	10	35	8	8	4	2	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	18	17	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16
Low °C	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	17	16	18	17	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	16	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	17	16	16	14	18	16	17	18	16	15	16	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	16
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	9	15	14	8	8	8	8	11	11	13	12	10	10	9	9	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.2 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	15	4	16	16	15	8	8	10	9	8	13	7	12	12	12	15	15	14	14	10	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	-	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.8 S	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	-	-	7	4	5	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

	Monday 22								Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24
	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	Bolsa Chica CAL - Orange County	Bolsa Chica CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Porto Beach 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	16	15	15	15	15	6	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	74	74	103	79	62	67	77	86	80	126	108	120	114	109	108	134	128	195	291	696	1044	800
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:16PM 1.48			9:15AM 1.71					11:25PM 1.05			9:50AM 1.64					12:09AM 1.07				10:48AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		3:17AM 1.20					4:52PM -0.15			3:44AM 0.75	4:10AM 0.80				5:35PM 0.32				4:33AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	29	3	2
Temp. °C	15	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	14	17	16	16	17	15	15	16	16	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 SSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	5	15	15	14	14	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	4	14	15	4	4	4	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	9	8	8	8	8	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	3	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	8	8

	Sun	Monday 22
	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	Bolsa Chica CAL - Orange County	Bolsa Chica CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	El Porto Beach 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	72	74	117	117	74	97	104	103	103	103	96	79	78	70	69	68	67	67	66	80	87	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	on	on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		11:16PM 1.48										9:15AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)						3:04AM 0.73													4:52PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 SW	0.2 W
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	11	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-