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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	Fri	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22
	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove 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	Burnout CAL - LA County	Exiles CAL - LA County
Rating	1	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 W	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	18	18	7	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	157	116	205	117	254	154	259	193	375	358	348	314	417	195	319	178	317	317	393	288	194	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	on	on	glass	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	glass	on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:47AM 1.24		3:22PM 1.61		6:31AM 0.92	5:11PM 1.67		8:02AM 1.43	6:08PM 2.17		8:12AM 1.15	6:55PM 1.84		9:27AM 1.23	7:44PM 1.91		9:40AM 1.69		8:57PM 1.90	9:41AM 1.38		9:37PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	10:16PM 0.63	7:58AM 0.74		11:35PM 0.17	9:42AM 0.86		1:12AM -0.04	11:41AM 1.26		1:39AM -0.12	12:47PM 0.76		2:21AM -0.20			2:58AM -0.23		2:25PM 0.53	3:59AM -0.23		3:06PM 0.45	4:30AM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	20	18	21	18	18	20	23	21	23	24	18	21	24	21	25	26	24	26	25	22
Low °C	16	18	20	16	19	18	18	19	22	20	21	23	17	20	23	20	23	25	23	25	25	21
Chill °C (?)	17	18	20	18	21	18	18	20	23	21	23	24	17	21	24	21	25	26	24	26	25	22
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 W	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 W	0.7 SW	1.3 W	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	5	14	14	6	12	18	7	6	17	16	7	16	7	6	15	6	14	14	16	13	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	14	6	6	12	6	13	18	17	6	8	16	6	15	15	6	14	7	9	13	16	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-

	Fri		Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Monday 18
	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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre - Trails 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 W	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	7	18	18	17
Energy(?)	155	298	237	235	210	154	164	106	129	254	273	238	242	176	245	279	151	233	259	282	332	291
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)				4:04AM 0.86				3:39PM 2.04					6:31AM 0.92			4:43PM 1.66					7:36AM 1.05	8:22AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)		9:54PM 0.31			7:58AM 0.74	8:35AM 0.77					11:35PM 0.17			10:20AM 0.88					1:12AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	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	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	18	18	18	19	17	21	21	19	20	18	19	20	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	18	18	18	19	17	21	21	19	20	18	19	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	14	14	14	12	12	13	6	6	13	18	13	7	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	5	6	5	5	6	14	14	6	6	6	15	19	6	13	13	6	13	18	18	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 15	Saturday 16
	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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre - Trails 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	156	306	305	304	305	150	150	155	155	237	235	235	233	164	210	210	116	203	158	205	207	165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)												4:04AM 0.86
Low Tide / height (m)					9:54PM 0.31	10:33PM 0.27									7:58AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	18	18	20	17	20	20	18
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	15	17	17	18	18	20	17	20	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	14	14	14	14	6	14	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	14	6	6	6	6	14	6	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-