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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	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	Burnout CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.4 S	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	17	14	16	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	8
Energy(?)	259	287	429	182	254	324	85	212	246	181	128	165	65	181	354	262	738	541	525	456	169	291
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	on	on	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:12PM 2.29	9:44AM 1.32		9:29PM 1.84	10:34AM 1.21		10:04PM 1.87	11:29AM 1.09		10:44PM 1.84	12:33PM 0.97		11:31PM 1.75		2:47PM 1.40	12:29AM 1.60		4:26PM 1.45	1:49AM 1.45		5:14PM 1.01	3:42AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	3:55AM 0.21		3:21PM 0.22	4:26AM -0.32		4:20PM 0.39		5:16AM -0.34	4:32PM 0.99		6:11AM -0.29	5:03PM 0.59		7:51AM -0.23	6:10PM 1.27		8:32AM -0.11	7:35PM 1.36		9:55AM -0.06		9:58PM 1.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	19	17	20	21	18	20	19	17	18	19	16	18	17	17	17	17	15	16	17	15
Low °C	15	16	19	16	17	19	17	18	19	16	16	18	15	16	17	16	16	17	14	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	15	19	19	17	20	21	18	20	19	17	18	19	15	18	16	17	16	16	14	16	16	13
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 W	0.4 S	1.5 W
Period (s)	7	14	16	5	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	18	17	16	7	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.2 S	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.2 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	8	11	15	5	9	4	4	19	4	14	16	16	15	19	18	13	13	11	16	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 W	0.3 W	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.5 W	-	0.8 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	8	-	-	3	3	-	7	3	13	8	7	-	8	-

	Thu		Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre - Trails 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	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove 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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	17	17	17	17	10	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	201	431	388	338	287	246	482	429	450	328	287	275	263	185	127	324	250	233	187	184	168	85
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:57PM 1.76				10:20AM 1.28				9:29PM 1.84					11:01AM 1.68			10:16PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)				3:41AM -0.23				3:21PM 0.22				4:26AM -0.32				3:52PM 0.34					5:16AM -0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	21	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	19	16	17	17	17	17	17	21	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	14	13	9	7	10	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	17	9	13	13	14	8	11	9	10	5	5	5	5	5	9	6	6	5	4	4	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre - Trails 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	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove 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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	17	17	17	17	8	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	9	13	17	14	14	14	15	15	15
Energy(?)	140	404	361	366	387	162	390	388	408	323	340	338	327	249	151	287	425	297	303	465	482	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				8:57PM 1.76													9:44AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)											3:41AM -0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	8	13	13	9	13	9	9	8	9	6	7	14	8	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 W	0.6 S	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	9	17	17	17	17	17	17	9	17	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	14	8	8	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-