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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	Sat		Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			Sat
	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	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA 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	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	Indicator CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Bee Hives CAL - LA County	Exiles CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	2.0 WNW	0.6 S	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	6	13	13	13	12	18	17	6	16	15	15	14	14	7	14	13	7	13	19
Energy(?)	244	99	85	15	78	100	147	144	193	163	168	331	368	460	347	330	277	282	164	720	291	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	5:14PM 2.15		7:38AM 1.35	6:06PM 2.25		8:41AM 1.45	7:09PM 2.36		9:27AM 1.52		8:01PM 2.43	9:37AM 1.18		9:02PM 2.01	10:56AM 1.21		9:34PM 2.44	10:49AM 1.28		10:01PM 1.93	11:24AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		12:49AM 0.04	11:26AM 1.15		1:46AM 0.20	12:38PM 1.17		2:44AM 0.05	1:39PM 1.13		3:28AM -0.03		2:49PM 0.68	4:24AM -0.39		3:21PM 1.03	4:48AM -0.00		3:55PM 0.54		5:08AM -0.24	5:09PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	19	17	18	20	21	18	20	20	17	21	21	19	21	22	20	21	20	20	20	20
Low °C	19	17	17	16	17	18	19	17	18	20	17	18	21	18	19	21	17	19	19	17	18	20
Chill °C (?)	20	18	19	17	18	20	21	18	20	20	16	21	21	19	21	22	20	21	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	7:57	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.4 SSW	1.5 W	1.0 W	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	6	6	6	13	13	13	6	6	6	16	16	15	15	14	14	6	7	13	7	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	13	13	14	5	6	6	12	12	12	16	6	15	6	6	14	13	14	14	13	13	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	-	0.7 W	2.0 WNW	-	0.9 W
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	6	7	-	6	7	-	7

	Saturday 19	Sunday 20	Monday 21	Tue
	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	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego County	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA 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	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA 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
Rating	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	6
Energy(?)	125	244	122	238	200	87	82	85	82	82	78	212	70	76	79	66	77	147	135	162	199	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		5:00PM 1.71	5:13PM 2.15				7:39AM 1.35				6:13PM 2.26					8:41AM 1.45			6:55PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)					12:50AM 0.39				11:27AM 1.15					2:12AM -0.18			12:38PM 1.17					3:00AM -0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:58	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	6	6	6	5	14	14	14	5	6	6	5	5	13	13	12	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.3 S	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	5	9	6	6	6	13	13	13	14	5	5	5	13	13	13	13	13	6	5	17	17	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 19	Sunday 20
	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	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego County	Dutches A Frame CAL - San Diego County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA 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	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA 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
Rating	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6
Energy(?)	128	255	125	255	255	126	125	124	122	122	102	238	108	110	112	89	87	162	162	163	163	33
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							5:14PM 2.15														7:08AM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)															1:17AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	17	20	19	18	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	16
Chill °C (?)	18	20	17	20	19	18	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	5	13	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.4 W	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	10	5	10	9	6	6	6	6	6	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	6	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-