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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	Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Sat
	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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Poche Beach CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	17	7	7	7	11	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	16
Energy(?)	448	432	205	193	186	143	173	144	383	460	239	317	196	163	167	91	61	87	160	379	430	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:30PM 1.62		6:17AM 1.67	6:52PM 1.21	7:20PM 1.59	6:40AM 1.73		7:57PM 1.59	7:35AM 1.71		8:12PM 1.15	7:27AM 1.78		8:51PM 1.11	7:51AM 1.78		9:31PM 1.07	8:17AM 1.76		10:14PM 1.03	9:06AM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)	12:43PM 0.68		12:30AM 0.34		1:04PM 0.16	12:36AM 0.87		1:36PM 0.05	12:59AM 0.94		2:23PM 0.30	1:11AM 0.59		2:40PM -0.08	1:35AM 0.65		3:13PM -0.09	2:00AM 0.70		3:49PM -0.07	2:26AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	24	4	3	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	16	17	17	16	17	16	15	14	15	15	16	16	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	17
Low °C	14	15	16	17	16	15	16	15	14	13	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	16	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	17	17	16	16	15	14	13	15	15	16	16	15	16	14	15	16	16	15	16
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	4:47	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	6	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	7	11	8	7	14	14	13	13	9	13	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	6	6	6	5	5	17	12	16	12	15	15	15	6	6	14	18	13	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	4	-	10	-	-	-	-	3	7	7	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	3	-

	Saturday 15						Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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	Exiles CAL - LA County	Anderson Street 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	18	17	17	5
Energy(?)	239	287	380	432	259	140	235	219	209	137	85	186	140	161	143	122	77	173	154	144	162	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:11AM 2.00				6:07PM 1.24				6:28AM 2.07				6:52PM 1.21				6:40AM 1.73					7:57PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			12:57PM 0.29				11:57PM 0.34					1:04PM 0.16			12:23AM 0.43					1:36PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	27	10	16	2	2	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	7
Temp. °C	17	17	14	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	14	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	14	14
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	1.4 SW	0.9 S	0.5 W	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	14	12	6	6	7	6	13	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	8	14	14	14	14	13	6	6	13	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	18	17	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.9 SSE	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 W
Period (s)	2	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	4	5

	Saturday 15																			Sunday 16
	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	Exiles CAL - LA County	Anderson Street 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	312	448	496	521	434	276	448	1765	720	367	213	432	432	310	259	259	281	281	281	235	235	250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:29AM 1.55												6:07PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)									12:36PM 0.67											11:57PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	5	5	3	5	2	4	1	5	10	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	17	17	16	18	18	17	19	17	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	14	18	17	17	18	16	13	13	14	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 S	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	12	13	12	14	14	14	14	6	12	8	6	6	6	6	6	14	14	14	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.3 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	12	13	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.4 W	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.9 W	0.9 SSE	1.8 SSW	1.0 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	2	4	4	8	4	14	12	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-