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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	Mon	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11
	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	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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Cottons Point CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	19	19	17	18	18	16	17	17	16
Energy(?)	212	133	277	361	444	373	431	362	398	206	186	363	165	293	521	252	373	777	511	498	996	868
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- on	glass	on	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:44AM 1.05	7:35PM 1.67		9:52AM 1.09		8:15PM 1.77	9:58AM 1.54		8:24PM 1.86	9:52AM 1.23		9:00PM 1.90	10:20AM 1.30		9:37PM 1.90	11:07AM 1.76		10:16PM 1.82	11:38AM 1.48		10:57PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	2:12AM 0.38	12:50PM 0.83		2:38AM -0.05		2:06PM 0.79	3:40AM -0.15		2:15PM 0.67	3:39AM -0.20		2:54PM 0.59	4:09AM -0.22		3:33PM 0.51	4:39AM -0.19		4:23PM 0.86		5:17AM -0.12	5:17PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	24	22	25	25	23	24	27	23	21	24	20	21	24	19	20	23	20	19	22	18
Low °C	17	19	23	21	23	25	22	22	26	21	20	23	19	19	24	18	18	23	18	18	22	17
Chill °C (?)	18	20	24	22	25	25	23	24	27	23	21	24	20	21	24	19	20	23	20	19	22	17
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 W	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	6	7	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	6	7	6	19	13	17	18	18	6	17	17	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.6 S	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	17	13	6	12	5	6	12	13	14	13	13	13	19	12	4	16	16	6	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.5 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.8 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	12	6	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	4	6	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06								Thursday 07
	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	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Blackies CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	7	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	235	262	212	203	215	198	191	158	364	367	361	327	513	444	349	373	340	339	431	324	317	357
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:28PM 1.99					9:34AM 1.04			7:07PM 1.66					9:04AM 1.11			7:52PM 2.22					9:27AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)				2:06AM 0.05			1:24PM 0.85					2:38AM -0.05			1:35PM 0.75					3:22AM -0.16
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	18	19	18	19	18	18	19	22	21	21	22	22	23	25	25	25	22	21	23	22	22	26
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	19	18	18	19	22	21	21	22	22	23	25	25	25	22	21	23	22	22	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	14	7	7	7	7	7	6	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.2 S
Period (s)	15	7	14	14	14	13	17	17	13	13	13	13	6	6	12	12	6	6	5	5	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Monday 04	Tuesday 05
	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	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Blackies CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	19	19	19	18	18	17
Energy(?)	241	236	146	222	164	199	214	148	242	241	203	203	200	193	189	188	288	270	272	204	204	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:23PM 1.55														8:44AM 1.05	9:08AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)										2:06AM 0.05										12:59PM 0.88	1:04PM 0.87
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	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	18	19	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	22	21	21	23	22	22	23
Chill °C (?)	19	20	18	19	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	22	21	21	23	22	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	14	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	18	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-