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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	Fri		Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Church CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	El Porto Beach CAL - LA County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	3	2	0	2	2	0	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	8	14	13	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	16	16	14	14	14	17	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	490	286	107	311	202	261	291	118	198	365	247	263	415	483	171	587	324	445	466	343	517	751
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:34PM 1.51	9:50AM 1.95		1:03AM 1.04	11:17AM 1.77		2:40AM 1.05	12:23PM 1.59			4:03AM 1.14	1:47PM 1.42		4:30AM 1.69	3:04PM 1.71		5:08AM 1.80	4:12PM 1.29		5:25AM 1.49	5:30PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	4:33PM -0.32	3:44AM 1.14		5:32PM -0.22		4:49AM 0.84		7:14PM -0.16	6:11AM 0.94		8:26PM -0.07	8:16AM 0.94		9:04PM 0.07	9:45AM 1.24		10:04PM 0.12	11:01AM 1.05		10:51PM 0.18	11:45AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	21	18	21	24	23	24	28	26	24	20	21	21	20	21	19	22	20	20	20	20
Low °C	17	17	21	18	19	23	22	23	26	23	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	21	19	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	21	18	21	24	23	24	28	26	24	20	21	21	20	21	19	22	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	4:57	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	14	13	13	17	16	16	15	11	11	16	16	14	14	14	17	16	9	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	19	18	18	11	7	7	19	15	14	11	10	10	18	18	13	13	16	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	3	10	-	-	11	-	-	-

	Friday 07	Saturday 08	Sunday 09	Mon
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Church CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	9	9	13	13	8	12	12	12	9	14	13	13	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	360	230	246	211	286	244	212	269	219	100	249	218	214	115	219	261	233	291	282	252	270	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					11:42PM 1.09				10:23AM 1.92								10:44AM 1.79					2:13AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			4:33PM -0.32			3:57AM 0.73					6:06PM -0.27				4:32AM 1.24				6:39PM -0.10
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	20	18	18	18	21	21	23	25	23	22	23	23	22
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	20	18	18	18	21	21	23	25	23	22	23	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	9	9	8	8	8	12	12	9	14	13	13	8	13	13	17	17	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	19	18	18	18	18	18	13	12	12	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 07	Saturday 08
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Church CAL - Orange County	Camp Pendelton CAL - San Diego County
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	9	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	417	254	360	359	502	490	402	401	403	240	336	329	277	177	239	220	156	206	152	150	144	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)								5:05PM -0.35										3:39AM 1.13
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	20	17	20	20	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	19	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	20	17	20	20	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	19	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-