San Diego County Surf

Detailed San Diego 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 San Diego 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 San Diego County. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in San Diego County over the next 7 days. Surf photos from San Diego County and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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San Diego 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 San Diego County Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the San Diego County coastline are also listed below.

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San Diego County Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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 San Diego 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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	Scripps Pier CAL - San Diego County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	12	22	20	18	18	17	16	15
Energy(?)	93	74	59	103	84	92	105	175	105	246	242	194	447	1286	847	1557	2307	3104	1206	1190	477	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:30AM 1.50	12:50PM 1.63		3:54AM 1.24		2:40PM 1.16		4:55AM 1.38	4:06PM 1.14		4:54AM 1.58	5:17PM 1.15		5:27AM 1.76	6:20PM 1.17		6:03AM 1.92		7:30PM 1.58	6:42AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		7:42PM 0.54	7:38AM 1.37		8:45PM 0.19	9:31AM 0.81		9:34PM 0.23	11:18AM 0.55		10:19PM 0.28	11:37AM 0.30		11:01PM 0.34	12:26PM 0.03		12:10AM 0.44		1:13PM -0.20	12:21AM 0.89		1:57PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	21	20	20	19	18	19	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	17	15	16	15
Low °C	22	22	23	21	19	20	19	17	18	17	15	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	16	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	21	20	20	19	18	19	17	16	16	16	13	14	16	14	15	17	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	4:43	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 W
Period (s)	15	11	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	10	9	15	14	13	12	12	20	18	18	17	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	15	11	11	11	17	16	15	12	14	14	13	13	13	7	22	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 26				Thursday 27								Friday 28								Sat
	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 San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	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	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	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte
Rating	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	16	16	16
Energy(?)	543	234	115	75	74	75	71	59	49	103	94	85	84	85	106	92	68	105	107	237	147	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	11:41AM 1.67					3:21AM 1.12								3:54AM 1.24				2:40PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)				7:52PM 0.15				7:45AM 0.96				8:45PM 0.19				9:31AM 0.81	10:13AM 0.79			9:23PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	23	21	23	22	22	22	23	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	18	19	19	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	23	21	23	22	22	22	23	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	18	19	19	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	11	11	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 W	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	15	8	15	15	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	17	11	16	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 26													Thursday 27
	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 San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	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	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	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte
Rating	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	15	12
Energy(?)	608	236	234	112	93	93	93	93	27	94	75	75	75	76	74	76	28	75	75	122	71	129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:33AM 1.76																3:21AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)										7:52PM 0.15												7:38AM 1.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	23	22	24	23	22	23	23	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	21
Chill °C (?)	18	23	22	24	23	22	23	23	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	15	15	15	15	8	15	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	15	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	15	15	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	15	15	15	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-