Orange County Surf

Orange County Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Orange County Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Orange County Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Orange County Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Orange County Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Orange County Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Orange County Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Orange County Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Orange County Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Orange County Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14
	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	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Lowers) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Lowers) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	1	3	4	1	2	4	4	2	4	3	2	3	1	0	3	1	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 W	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	24	22	21	20	8	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	16	16	15	15	15
Energy	613	707	1228	1343	168	1611	1709	1021	1122	1118	639	707	750	660	504	729	732	865	644	393	546	443
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- off	glass	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:50AM 1.53		4:41PM 1.30	4:19AM 1.01		5:17PM 1.45		6:21AM 0.95	5:54PM 1.62		7:36AM 0.98	6:34PM 1.78		8:01AM 1.05	7:24PM 2.42		8:58AM 1.09		8:01PM 2.03	10:32AM 1.09		8:49PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	9:53PM 1.24	9:43AM 0.24		11:03PM 0.60	10:58AM 0.34		12:10AM 0.36	11:45AM 0.43		1:04AM 0.11	12:32PM 0.50		1:54AM -0.13	12:52PM 0.53		2:42AM -0.32	1:40PM 0.57		3:30AM -0.45		2:30PM 0.59	4:18AM -0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	19	17	17	20	19	17	21	19	18	23	20	23	22	20	23	23	20	18	22	20
Low °C	17	17	18	17	17	20	18	17	20	18	17	22	20	21	21	20	21	22	19	17	22	19
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	17	17	20	19	17	21	19	18	23	20	23	22	20	23	23	20	18	22	20
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	14	14	8	7	7	9	9	9	11	11	12	19	19	18	18	16	13	6	5	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	11	-	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point 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 - 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 - Trails CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	T Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails 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
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 W	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	24	24	23	22	14	21	21	21	20	20	19	8	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Energy	398	387	613	621	600	707	216	1228	1413	1123	1343	1554	2162	168	1849	1611	1130	1695	1709	1702	1183	1021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:43AM 1.09				4:41PM 1.30				4:19AM 1.01					5:25PM 1.93				6:21AM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)		9:35PM 0.77				9:43AM 0.24					11:03PM 0.60			10:58AM 0.34					12:10AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	16	17	19	16	18	17	17	17	17	18	17	20	20	19	19	19	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	16	17	19	16	18	17	17	17	17	18	17	20	20	19	19	19	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	8:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	8	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	22	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07	Monday 08
	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	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	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Dana Point 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails 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	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	14	23	22	22	14	14	22
Energy	457	407	398	395	390	387	386	678	613	596	592	621	603	603	600	228	691	707	707	214	216	1133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										2:43AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)					9:35PM 0.77												9:43AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	19	19	19	16	16	19
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	19	19	19	16	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	8	8	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	14	7	7	7	22	22	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-