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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	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wed
	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	Doheney Beach 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach 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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	19	14	15	15	18	18	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	17	17	16	15	15	14	14
Energy	134	172	253	228	294	231	459	341	234	322	324	333	282	389	402	467	623	487	384	480	384	432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:23PM 1.52	12:25AM 1.66		3:03PM 1.08	1:36AM 1.47		4:09PM 1.17	2:58AM 1.30		5:02PM 1.29	4:39AM 1.63		5:45PM 1.41		5:39AM 1.11	6:21PM 1.52		7:26AM 1.03	6:53PM 1.61		7:40AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)		6:24PM 1.26		8:07AM -0.19	7:38PM 0.77		9:10AM -0.07		9:22PM 0.73	10:10AM 0.04		11:17PM 1.07	11:03AM 0.14		12:13AM 0.42	11:48AM 0.24		1:08AM 0.24	12:57PM 0.34		1:53AM 0.09	12:59PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	21	20	20	20	18	19	19	17	19	19	16	18	19	16	17	17	15	15	17	17	16
Low °C	17	20	18	19	20	17	18	19	16	17	18	15	16	18	15	15	16	15	14	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	21	20	20	20	18	19	19	17	19	19	16	18	19	16	17	16	15	14	16	17	16
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	5	15	15	14	15	15	18	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	17	17	16	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.2 S	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.2 S	0.7 W
Period (s)	16	5	5	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	19	4	5	10	5	6	7	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.6 W	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.9 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	5	3	4	4	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	6	-

	Wednesday 20						Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	Doheney Beach 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	San Onofre - Trails 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	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s)	21	16	16	15	15	15	19	19	19	14	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	18	18	18	15	15
Energy	236	134	198	172	169	166	253	423	424	228	286	294	280	273	231	344	438	459	343	341	190	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	on	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:50PM 1.03	2:23PM 1.52			12:25AM 1.66					3:03PM 1.08			1:36AM 1.47					4:09PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)	7:39AM -0.34				6:12PM 0.73					8:07AM -0.19			7:38PM 0.77					9:10AM -0.07				9:22PM 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	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	22	21	20	19	18	18	19	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	18	19	19	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	22	21	20	19	18	18	19	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	18	19	19	19	17	17
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	5	16	15	15	15	15	19	19	14	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	18	18	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	16	16	12	5	12	4	5	5	5	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	-

	Wednesday 20	Thursday 21
	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 - Trails 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach 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	Salt Creek Middles CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s)	21	21	21	21	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	19	19	19
Energy	288	236	236	261	134	134	178	199	198	196	195	172	169	167	169	167	166	166	169	309	253	309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									1:50PM 1.03											12:38AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)			7:39AM -0.34											6:24PM 1.26
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	19	17	17	17	18	18	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	17	17	17	18	18	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.6 W
Period (s)	21	10	10	10	5	5	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	5	15	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 SW
Period (s)	4	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	5	5	4	12	12	4	4	4	15	5	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-