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 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30
	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	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	San Onofre 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	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Haggerty's 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
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 S	0.9 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 W	0.4 S	0.9 W	0.3 W	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 W	1.4 W
Period(s)	6	14	7	13	13	13	12	5	12	5	14	18	13	16	16	16	15	16	15	14	6	7
Energy	64	301	183	234	217	173	122	163	141	115	77	137	67	97	107	55	159	103	87	155	134	236
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:37AM 1.86		6:02PM 1.15			7:02PM 1.82		6:03AM 1.32	7:30PM 1.93		7:20AM 1.78	7:35PM 1.53		7:47AM 1.28		8:01PM 1.61	8:30AM 1.24		8:26PM 1.66	9:10AM 1.18		8:50PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	9:53PM 1.34	11:07AM -0.05		11:31PM 1.19	12:02PM -0.04		12:44AM 1.00	12:44PM -0.00		1:19AM 0.29	1:29PM 0.55		2:16AM 0.62	1:48PM 0.14		2:38AM 0.01		2:14PM 0.24	3:13AM -0.08		2:38PM 0.34	3:47AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	19	18	17	17	16
Low °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	16	14	15	16	14	15	17	16	16	19	16	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	17	16	16	18	19	18	17	16	14
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.6 W	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.4 W	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 W
Period (s)	6	7	6	6	6	13	12	12	12	12	5	11	13	5	12	16	15	16	15	14	14	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	15	14	14	15	15	11	16	11	12	16	12	16	12	11	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 W	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	6	5	5	5	5	-	5	5	-	5	4	4	3	4	6	6	-

	Thu		Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 W	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	1.1 W	0.6 S	1.2 W	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	1.0 W
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	7	14	14	13	13	6	13	6	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	18	5
Energy	320	270	319	273	285	82	131	212	133	222	176	207	206	217	182	173	155	150	122	127	168	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:39PM 1.56			3:35AM 1.86					6:28PM 1.69			4:54AM 1.33	5:11AM 1.82				6:37PM 1.29				6:03AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		9:32PM 0.82					11:20AM 0.37				11:38PM 1.20				12:02PM -0.04				12:28AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	1	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	17	16	16	14	16	14	16	15	15	14	14	12	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 S	0.8 W	0.4 S	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	15	15	15	15	7	7	7	13	6	13	6	6	6	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.2 W	0.6 S	0.2 W	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	15	7	7	7	7	14	14	14	16	13	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	1.1 W	-	1.2 W	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	6	-	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5

	Thursday 23	Friday 24
	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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.9 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	326	268	252	252	290	60	136	256	131	275	173	273	87	284	285	285	301	301	298	244	242	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:39PM 1.56										3:42AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)					9:32PM 0.82														11:07AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.8 W	0.7 S	0.8 W	0.7 S	0.9 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	15	7	6	15	6	15	6	15	7	15	15	15	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 W	0.4 S	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	7	15	15	7	15	7	15	7	15	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-