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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	Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Agate and Pearl Street 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	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff 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	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County
Rating	0	2	3	3	3	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	7	13	13	13	13	18	6	13	12	8	8	7	15	14	14
Energy(?)	238	341	438	542	756	636	530	546	134	106	108	132	191	262	936	2426	346	416	168	139	112	67
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:44PM 1.25		5:44AM 1.91	5:15PM 1.26		6:05AM 2.00	6:07PM 1.24		6:17AM 1.67	6:52PM 1.21		7:14AM 1.67		7:33PM 1.18	7:11AM 2.18		8:45PM 1.56	7:43AM 2.20		9:25PM 1.54	8:04AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)	10:50AM 0.66		11:19PM 0.15	12:00PM 0.86		11:27PM 0.26	12:36PM 0.67		12:01AM 0.76		1:04PM 0.16	12:23AM 0.43		1:44PM 0.39	12:47AM 0.51		2:13PM 0.30	1:30AM 1.03		2:40PM -0.08	1:57AM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	1	21	22	4	3	-	-	6	8	2	10	1	-	9	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	15	15	14	15	16	15	16
Low °C	18	19	18	18	19	17	16	16	16	16	17	16	15	14	13	14	15	14	15	15	14	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	19	16	16	16	16	17	17	15	14	13	12	13	14	12	14	16	15	16
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 W	1.8 W	0.3 SW	1.5 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	6	5	6	7	12	12	13	12	16	8	7	7	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	9	8	15	8	6	13	13	13	13	18	18	12	16	12	15	15	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	-	0.6 S	-	-	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	-	2.3 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	7	-	6	-	-	5	6	-	12	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 13						Friday 14								Saturday 15
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	San Onofre 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	Agate and Pearl Street 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ponto CAL - San Diego County	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	2.2 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	6	7	7	14	14
Energy(?)	597	331	260	223	437	437	361	553	486	542	635	756	1078	1062	781	760	533	598	422	546	236	300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:53AM 1.38				4:12PM 1.29				5:37AM 1.91				5:51PM 1.22				6:02AM 2.00				6:32PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			11:19AM 0.64				10:54PM 0.58				11:45AM 0.47				11:27PM 0.26				12:42PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	28	14	2	2	3
Temp. °C	19	18	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	18	19	19	18	17	18	17	18	17	16	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	18	19	19	17	17	18	17	18	16	15	16	15	16
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	8	8	15	15	15	14	13	8	13	6	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	1.0 S	2.2 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	6	7	7	6	-

	Thursday 13	Friday 14
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	San Onofre 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	Agate and Pearl Street 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ponto CAL - San Diego County	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	17	17	14	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	427	358	358	264	542	449	355	438	426	426	460	460	390	422	437	437	437	232	232	434	276	438
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:53AM 1.38	5:32AM 1.37											4:44PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)																			10:59PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	18	18	20	21	20	21	21	21	20	20	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	17	18	18	20	21	20	21	21	21	20	20	18	19	19	19	19	18	16	19	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	17	17	14	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	18	9	9	18	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-