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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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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	Fri		Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	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	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	204 CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Seal Beach Pier CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Lowers) CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Lowers) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Lowers) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	3	3	1	3	0	0	3	2	2	4	2	2	2	1	2	4	2	1	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 W	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 W	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	9	21	20	19	18	18	17	10	16	16	15	14	14	14
Energy	949	829	508	732	709	402	435	500	291	1418	1378	1676	1458	1612	1573	220	1181	1010	625	658	696	661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	2:26PM 1.00	12:16AM 1.36		3:18PM 1.06	1:17AM 1.23		4:02PM 1.17	2:43AM 1.09		4:41PM 1.30	4:19AM 1.01		5:17PM 1.45		5:45AM 0.99	6:23PM 1.60		6:58AM 1.01	6:34PM 1.78		8:01AM 1.05	7:16PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	6:24PM 0.84		8:44AM 0.09	7:53PM 0.85		9:02AM 0.60		9:35PM 0.77	10:13AM 0.25		11:03PM 0.60	10:31AM 0.78		12:10AM 0.36	11:17AM 0.41		1:04AM 0.11	12:04PM 0.48		1:54AM -0.13	12:52PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	16	19	17	18	18	17	16	19	17	20	20	19	20	18	18	20	20	18	20	21
Low °C	18	16	16	18	16	17	18	16	15	19	17	18	20	17	18	18	17	18	20	17	18	20
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	19	17	18	18	17	16	19	17	20	20	19	20	18	18	20	20	18	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 W	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	9	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	9	8	8	8	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	10	10	12	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Friday 05				Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Mon
	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	204 CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street 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
Rating	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	24
Energy	1024	949	971	832	829	766	757	508	703	732	729	489	709	606	619	402	394	435	400	389	500	623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		2:26PM 1.00			12:16AM 1.36					3:18PM 1.06			1:17AM 1.23					4:02PM 1.17				2:43AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)			6:24PM 0.84					8:44AM 0.09			7:53PM 0.85	8:46PM 0.86				9:02AM 0.60				9:35PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	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 - Trails CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Uppers) CAL - Orange County	204 CAL - Orange County	204 CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	1005	1007	1024	1014	959	949	939	992	971	841	841	832	831	829	829	828	540	766	535	765	757	481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				2:26PM 1.00										12:16AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)								6:24PM 0.84														8:44AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	16	15	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	16	15	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-