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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

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	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Thousand Steps 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	Trestles (Lowers) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Clemente Pier CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	204 CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	2	2	1	1	3	0	2	3	0	2	3	1	3	4	3	1	3	1	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	20	20	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	18	18	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	541	751	709	834	794	734	417	571	625	412	573	614	1059	844	1118	787	974	849	630	714	690	379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:19AM 0.96		9:30PM 2.20	11:13AM 0.99		9:48PM 1.67	12:27PM 1.44		10:20PM 1.63	1:18PM 1.42		11:28PM 1.53	1:32PM 0.97	2:29PM 0.95	11:32PM 1.48		2:26PM 1.00	12:16AM 1.36		3:18PM 1.06	1:17AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)		2:59PM 0.67	4:58AM 0.24		3:30PM 0.70		5:38AM 0.28	4:03PM 0.73		6:18AM 0.33	4:39PM 0.77		6:44AM -0.03	5:47PM 0.86		8:01AM 0.02	6:24PM 0.84		8:11AM 0.09	7:53PM 0.85		9:28AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	18	19	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	20	17	17	16	18	16	18	18	16	16
Low °C	15	19	17	18	19	16	16	19	16	16	19	16	18	17	16	16	18	16	17	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	19	18	19	19	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	20	16	17	15	18	16	18	18	16	16
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	20	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	8	9	11	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	20	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	18	18	19	19	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 31						Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
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	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Thousand Steps CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Thousand Steps 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	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Trestles (Lowers) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	1	2	3	4	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	0	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	575	541	727	751	952	1023	709	798	728	834	798	794	684	752	734	701	427	417	407	571	569	629
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						9:30PM 2.20					11:13AM 0.99			9:48PM 1.67					12:27PM 1.44			10:20PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)				2:59PM 0.67				4:47AM -0.16				3:30PM 0.70					5:58AM -0.14			4:03PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	19	19	19	16	16	16	16	15	17	18	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	16	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	19	19	19	16	16	16	16	15	17	18	19	17	17
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	20	20	8	11	11	11	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 31	Monday 01
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Three Arch Bay 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	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Thousand Steps CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	1	2	3	4	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	0	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18
Energy	725	731	575	562	567	541	586	727	727	729	751	751	857	960	952	1086	1032	1023	1004	833	709	810
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)																	9:30PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)										2:59PM 0.67
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	16	16	15	15	16	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	15	16	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	17
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-