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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21
	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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego 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	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	17	6	12	12	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	10	13	16
Energy(?)	475	521	309	128	198	187	144	184	146	221	320	343	138	88	118	77	97	96	139	152	241	332
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:52AM 1.59	6:07PM 1.24		6:31AM 2.09			6:40AM 1.73		8:05PM 1.58	7:03AM 1.76		8:37PM 1.58	7:44AM 2.20		8:51PM 1.11	7:51AM 1.78		9:55PM 1.51	8:17AM 1.76		10:14PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)	11:57PM 0.24	12:27PM 0.30		11:57PM 0.34		1:18PM 0.52	12:23AM 0.43		1:36PM 0.05	1:04AM 0.96		2:08PM -0.03	1:25AM 1.01		2:57PM 0.25	1:35AM 0.65		3:13PM -0.09	2:17AM 1.13		3:49PM -0.07	2:26AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	32	28	3	4	1	-	1	3	21	9	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	7	28
High °C	18	17	16	16	17	17	16	17	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	16	16	16
Low °C	17	15	16	16	17	17	16	17	15	14	15	16	15	16	15	15	16	14	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	16	17	17	16	16	13	14	15	16	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	14	7	13	13	13	12	12	6	6	12	8	6	7	6	14	14	13	10	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	5	13	6	6	11	6	17	12	12	16	15	15	15	14	6	6	18	13	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	-

	Fri		Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 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
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1078	862	761	608	447	217	368	309	243	146	227	213	215	83	86	187	146	161	144	122	87	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)	5:51PM 1.22				6:07AM 2.01				6:07PM 1.24				6:28AM 2.07				6:52PM 1.21				6:40AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			11:27PM 0.26				12:27PM 0.30				11:57PM 0.34					1:04PM 0.16			12:30AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	2	6	4	23	15	20	1	2	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	17	18	17	18	17	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	18	17	18	17	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 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
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	12	14	8	14	6	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	8	14	5	14	14	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	11	7	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	4	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Friday 14							Saturday 15
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1004	751	751	751	696	567	856	767	761	472	679	608	571	310	237	525	521	521	521	396	368	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:15PM 1.26													6:11AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)								11:27PM 0.26													12:27PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	1	1	1	2	4	8	11	3	3	2	5	10	5	-
High °C	18	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	12	12	12	12	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5