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 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange 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	Doheney Beach 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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
Rating	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	3	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	17	16	15	15	14	8	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	23	22	11	20	18	18	18
Energy	618	482	443	473	514	947	362	294	258	242	203	265	215	210	209	268	396	771	829	805	591	871
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	6:21PM 1.52		7:06AM 1.53	6:53PM 1.61		7:40AM 1.05	7:22PM 1.66		8:29AM 1.04	7:50PM 1.70		9:13AM 1.03		8:18PM 1.72	10:39AM 0.98		8:47PM 1.72	11:19AM 0.96		9:17PM 1.70	12:01PM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)		1:08AM 0.24	12:33PM 0.82		1:59AM 0.52	12:59PM 0.43		2:35AM 0.40	1:29PM 0.52		3:10AM 0.30	1:58PM 0.58		3:39AM -0.15		2:28PM 0.63	4:13AM -0.17		2:59PM 0.67	4:47AM -0.16	5:20AM -0.17	3:44PM 1.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	16	17	16	16	17	16	17	18	17	17	18	16	16	19	19	18	22	20	17	21
Low °C	17	15	15	17	15	15	16	15	16	17	16	16	18	16	16	19	18	17	22	19	17	20
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	16	15	15	16	15	17	18	16	17	17	16	16	19	19	18	22	20	17	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-
Sunset	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 W	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	15	15	14	8	7	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	7	7	22	11	11	18	7	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 W	0.7 W	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 W
Period (s)	10	4	6	10	9	14	14	9	6	11	5	16	16	5	14	13	7	20	20	8	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	0.9 W	0.7 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	-	0.8 W	-	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	6	6	7	8	-	5	-	6	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 25				Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thu
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	628	618	643	518	482	467	359	443	548	473	512	523	514	495	572	947	509	362	303	340	294	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:35PM 2.01				7:06AM 1.53				6:53PM 1.61				7:40AM 1.05				7:22PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	11:48AM 0.24				1:08AM 0.24				12:26PM 0.34				1:59AM 0.52				12:59PM 0.43					2:31AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	16	15	15	14	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.2 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	6	14	7	8	8	14	7	14	6	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.2 S	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.7 W
Period (s)	10	10	9	4	4	10	6	6	10	10	9	15	9	14	14	14	9	14	9	14	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	-	0.4 W	-	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	-	1.4 W	-	-	1.7 W	1.4 W	-	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	-
Period (s)	4	3	4	4	-	4	-	6	6	6	6	-	7	-	-	8	8	-	6	6	5	-

	Monday 25												Tuesday 26
	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	Agate and Pearl Street 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 - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails 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	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	473	621	628	627	627	618	611	709	643	532	520	518	512	501	482	476	473	467	460	455	359	444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)								6:21PM 1.52												6:44AM 1.07	7:06AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55AM 0.70														1:08AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 W	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	10	10	10	10	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	-	-	4	4	5	5	-	5