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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	Fri		Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Oceanside Harbor CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	16	16	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	20	20
Energy(?)	250	249	331	265	171	277	209	267	200	238	114	136	245	186	169	214	99	108	150	66	187	186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	7:22PM 1.53		8:12AM 1.99		8:01PM 1.49	8:20AM 1.68		8:38PM 1.43	8:59AM 2.10		9:15PM 1.36	9:02AM 1.75		9:51PM 1.28	9:23AM 1.75		10:28PM 1.19	9:43AM 1.73		11:09PM 1.09	10:05AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		1:52AM 0.49		2:13PM 0.26	2:10AM 0.20		2:46PM 0.16	2:32AM 0.30		3:18PM 0.09	2:52AM 0.40		3:49PM 0.04	3:12AM 0.50		4:40PM 0.34	3:31AM 0.60		5:10PM 0.37	3:48AM 0.69		5:37PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	24	23	21	22	23	21	22	23	20	18	19	17	18	18	16	18	19	19	21	21
Low °C	22	20	21	23	20	21	22	20	20	22	18	18	18	16	16	18	16	16	18	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	22	21	24	23	21	22	23	21	22	23	20	18	19	17	18	18	15	18	19	19	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	6:14	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	17	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	16	13	14	15	15	16	16	5	14	14	12	20	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	16	13	16	18	10	12	12	13	16	5	14	5	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	-	0.3 W	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	3	-	8	-	3	4	-	-	5	-	-	5

	Friday 17				Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Mon
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach 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	Indicator 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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	245	207	256	259	249	309	319	331	125	265	314	302	319	298	284	142	231	209	254	235	262	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:36PM 1.88				7:58AM 1.62					8:01PM 1.49				8:38AM 2.05				8:38PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	1:37PM 0.39				1:46AM 0.12					2:13PM 0.26				2:10AM 0.20				2:46PM 0.16				2:32AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	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	22	21	21	21	21	20	21	24	22	23	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	22	21	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	21	21	20	21	24	22	23	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	22	21	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	18	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Friday 17												Saturday 18
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach 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	Indicator 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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16
Energy(?)	190	223	223	246	248	250	252	279	6	257	257	259	256	253	249	146	310	309	299	330	319	312
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									7:42PM 1.87												7:58AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			1:45PM 0.78												1:46AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	3	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-