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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	Thu		Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County
Rating	2	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.4 S
Period(s) (?)	14	7	14	16	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	19	19	18	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	281	280	273	397	292	254	325	84	212	200	181	128	200	50	181	294	141	708	468	223	516	171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	on	on	glass	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:57PM 1.76	10:06AM 1.78		9:29PM 1.84	10:34AM 1.21		10:35PM 1.82	11:59AM 1.56		10:44PM 1.84	12:33PM 0.97		11:31PM 1.75	1:58PM 0.89		12:29AM 1.60		4:34PM 1.45	1:49AM 1.45		5:14PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)	2:58PM 0.64	3:41AM -0.23		3:24PM 0.73	4:26AM -0.32		3:52PM 0.34		5:33AM 0.09	4:26PM 0.46		6:11AM -0.29	5:03PM 0.59		7:16AM -0.20	5:50PM 0.71		8:32AM -0.11	7:42PM 1.36		9:55AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	19	19	18	21	20	18	19	19	17	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	17	15	16	16
Low °C	17	15	16	19	17	17	20	17	18	18	16	16	17	16	16	17	15	16	16	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	15	19	19	18	21	20	18	19	19	17	18	18	16	18	16	16	17	16	13	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 W	0.9 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	14	7	14	16	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	18	17	8	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 S	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 S	0.7 W	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	6	13	7	11	5	5	9	4	4	19	4	14	16	14	15	19	19	13	7	16	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	-	-	8	-	-	2	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	7

	Thursday 16				Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun
	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	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Salt Creek Beach Park 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	Abalone 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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	16	17	17	17	17	10	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	114	281	201	353	388	312	285	282	159	397	373	302	292	275	257	254	311	325	128	247	188	179
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:07PM 2.30				10:20AM 1.28				9:29PM 1.84				10:34AM 1.21				10:04PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		2:50PM 0.12				3:41AM -0.23				3:21PM 0.22				4:26AM -0.32				3:52PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	16	15	15	16	16	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	21	20	20	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	15	14	14	16	16	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	21	20	20	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	9	17	9	7	7	10	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	6	6	13	9	13	13	13	14	6	11	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	6	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.5 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-

	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	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	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Salt Creek Beach Park 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	Abalone 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	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	13	17	17	17
Energy(?)	122	330	114	181	283	281	276	123	201	366	368	414	414	388	388	316	323	312	161	306	285	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										8:57PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)				2:52PM 0.62													3:41AM -0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	17	17	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	16	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	17	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	15	14	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	13	13	14	14	9	9	8	8	7	6	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	12	6	6	6	6	6	16	13	17	17	17	17	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-