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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	Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Fri
	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Church CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	8	14	13	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	16	16	14	14	14	17	16	16	15
Energy(?)	307	490	289	105	311	214	261	291	281	310	365	366	261	431	373	205	332	322	445	463	541	532
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	on	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:58PM 1.12	10:10AM 2.39		12:13AM 1.06	11:17AM 1.77		2:40AM 1.05	12:23PM 1.59		3:13AM 1.14	4:03AM 1.14	1:47PM 1.42		4:12AM 1.26	3:04PM 1.71		4:53AM 1.38	4:26PM 1.64		5:25AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		5:05PM -0.35	3:27AM 0.70		5:32PM -0.22		4:49AM 0.84		7:14PM -0.16	6:11AM 0.94		7:53PM -0.00	8:16AM 0.94		9:34PM 0.01	9:30AM 0.84		10:32PM 0.08	10:50AM 0.66		10:51PM 0.18	11:45AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	22	19	19	23	23	24	26	25	22	20	21	18	20	20	19	21	20	20	22
Low °C	18	18	18	21	19	19	23	22	22	26	24	21	20	21	18	19	20	19	21	20	19	22
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	22	19	19	23	23	24	26	25	22	20	21	18	20	20	19	21	20	20	22
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	8	8	14	13	13	17	16	15	15	14	11	16	16	14	14	14	17	16	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.2 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	19	18	18	11	12	13	12	11	14	11	10	9	8	18	13	13	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	3	-	-	-	11	-	-

	Friday 07	Saturday 08	Sunday 09
	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	9	14	13	13	18	18	18	17	17	17	16
Energy(?)	848	678	360	183	271	205	289	237	208	269	269	98	249	218	214	115	219	238	229	291	282	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:36AM 2.02					11:42PM 1.09				10:23AM 1.92								10:44AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)					4:33PM -0.32			3:57AM 0.73					6:06PM -0.27				4:32AM 1.24				6:39PM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	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	15	16	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	20	19	19	19	21	21	20	24	23	22	23
Chill °C (?)	15	16	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	20	19	19	19	21	21	20	24	23	22	23
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	12	12	9	14	13	13	8	13	12	17	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	19	18	18	18	18	18	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 07	Saturday 08
	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1002	941	535	345	533	484	671	578	572	497	495	309	490	383	383	267	293	329	205	244	176	175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						9:04AM 2.06													10:58PM 1.12	11:25PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)														5:05PM -0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	16	19	20	17	17	17	18	18	20	18	18	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	16	19	20	17	17	17	18	18	20	18	18	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	14	14	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.2 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-