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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	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thu
	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Gabriel Rivermouth CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	10	9	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	16	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	14
Energy(?)	79	76	525	342	326	506	354	338	296	131	244	351	136	272	170	61	129	85	59	142	69	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	on	on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:31PM 1.07	8:41AM 2.19		10:57PM 0.99	9:12AM 2.15		11:39PM 1.42	9:42AM 2.11		12:54AM 0.93	9:50AM 1.58		1:13AM 0.97	10:53AM 1.91		2:30AM 1.02	11:44AM 1.79		3:21AM 1.12	12:59PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		3:21PM 0.24	2:00AM 0.70		4:10PM 0.26	2:52AM 0.77		4:50PM 0.31	3:13AM 1.25		5:29PM 0.37	3:36AM 0.88		6:35PM 0.05	3:59AM 0.92	4:11AM 1.35	7:00PM 0.49		5:35AM 1.41		7:52PM 0.15	7:49AM 1.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	16	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	15	17	16	16	20	20	19	22	21	20	21
Low °C	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	17	15	16	16	15	16	15	16	17	19	19	20	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	14	13	15	14	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	14	17	16	16	20	20	19	22	21	20	21
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	4:45	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	4	10	9	7	15	15	15	13	5	13	16	6	8	13	8	8	12	12	15	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	16	16	12	12	14	13	17	5	15	15	9	13	12	10	7	12	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	4	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	13	-	-

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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Gabriel Rivermouth CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.5 S	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	15	13	13	10	10	9	9	8	14	13	16	13	14	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	138	182	118	65	72	178	55	92	226	355	318	342	324	501	501	283	352	342	533	548	313	338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:12AM 2.21					10:03PM 1.52			8:51AM 1.73					10:40PM 1.46			9:21AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		1:51AM 1.07				3:47PM -0.09				2:22AM 1.15								2:26AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	5	10	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	16	15	16	15	14	14	15	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	15	15	14	13	12	12	13	13	14	13	16	15	16	14	13	13	14	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	4	4	15	13	11	10	10	9	9	8	14	13	13	13	14	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	14	13	14	5	13	13	13	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	-	0.5 W	-	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.6 SE	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	4	-	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Gabriel Rivermouth CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	139	139	138	79	61	117	69	74	70	70	92	79	94	92	89	72	94	92	97	81	108	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											8:09AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)				1:58AM 1.09														3:13PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	1
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	16	14	16	14	14	14	13	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	4	4	4	14	14	14	4	14	4	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	11	6	6	6	14	14	14	4	14	5	13	5	13	5	5	5	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	3	3	-	6	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3