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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	Mon		Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	0	3	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.0 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	20	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	6	14	14	14	18	17
Energy(?)	497	245	577	586	283	527	435	429	359	367	336	217	275	246	168	220	119	188	135	89	133	123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:38PM 1.57		7:19AM 1.19	5:54PM 1.65		8:07AM 1.68	7:00PM 2.11		8:12AM 1.40	7:47PM 2.14		8:37AM 1.48		8:16PM 1.75	9:24AM 1.91		9:24PM 1.67	9:38AM 1.98		9:59PM 1.58	9:47AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		12:40AM 0.31	12:02PM 0.84		1:23AM 0.24	1:04PM 1.08		2:07AM 0.22	1:43PM 0.52		2:27AM -0.08		2:21PM 0.40	2:54AM -0.02		3:10PM 0.69	3:46AM 0.07		3:44PM 0.25	4:07AM 0.19		4:04PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	25	26	21	24	26	27	23	23	23	21	20	20	20	19	17	20	21	20	23	20
Low °C	21	20	23	25	21	21	25	21	22	23	21	20	20	19	19	19	17	18	21	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	21	20	25	26	21	24	26	27	23	23	23	21	20	20	20	19	16	20	21	20	23	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	6:57	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	20	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	14	14	6	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	4	12	10	15	14	8	13	7	7	13	13	16	15	14	5	5	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.5 S	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	-	8	-	-	4	4	-	-	3	4	4	6	-	5	-	-	7

	Monday 15				Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Linda Lane Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	445	195	502	551	577	618	613	196	664	592	523	530	569	564	249	196	200	435	358	218	429	372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:52PM 1.99					7:38AM 1.58				5:54PM 1.65					8:13AM 1.67			7:06PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)					12:35AM 0.31				12:02PM 0.84				1:18AM -0.07				1:24PM 0.70				1:55AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6
Temp. °C	23	20	22	22	21	22	23	23	26	23	22	23	22	22	20	20	24	26	26	27	22	22
Chill °C (?)	23	20	22	22	21	22	23	23	26	23	22	23	22	22	20	20	24	26	26	27	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	16	16	16	12	12	10	10	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	3	-	-

	Monday 15												Tuesday 16
	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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Linda Lane Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	422	201	445	443	500	497	474	193	502	484	466	551	542	639	245	243	240	614	491	238	594	588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						4:48PM 1.98															7:19AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)														12:30AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	23	23	21	21	21	20	22	21	22	22	22	22	20	20	22	21	22	22	24	25
Chill °C (?)	22	19	23	23	21	21	21	20	22	21	22	22	22	22	20	20	22	21	22	22	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	20	20	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-