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

	Thu		Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			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 San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos 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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	16	15	15	14	14	11	16	14	14	14	16	16
Energy(?)	1379	1495	1733	3568	2026	2872	2088	1438	1101	405	267	243	428	427	246	395	481	332	449	334	385	384
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:27PM 1.33	9:15AM 2.50		11:13PM 1.49	9:55AM 2.35		12:45AM 1.15	11:12AM 1.98		2:05AM 1.45	11:55AM 1.98		3:47AM 1.45		1:32PM 1.71		4:37AM 1.57	3:05PM 1.59		5:13AM 1.68	4:27PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		3:12AM 0.59		4:41PM -0.01	3:28AM 1.09		5:33PM 0.09		4:44AM 0.85	6:41PM 0.22		5:37AM 1.31		8:09PM 0.28	7:52AM 1.28		9:16PM 0.37	9:48AM 1.16		10:11PM 0.45	11:05AM 0.98
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	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	21	25	29	25	26	26	21	22	24	23	21	24	22
Low °C	17	17	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	21	24	27	25	23	25	20	21	23	22	20	22	21
Chill °C (?)	18	17	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	21	25	29	25	26	26	21	22	24	23	21	24	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-
Sunset	4:53	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	16	15	15	14	11	11	16	14	14	14	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	2.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	8	13	19	18	17	17	12	12	13	11	14	13	10	10	11	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 06				Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sun
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos 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	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
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	580	1340	1677	1599	2075	1898	1802	1217	1082	1377	1163	892	2026	2479	2287	2872	2379	2088	1741	1607	1438	1304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					10:07PM 1.59			9:33AM 2.27					11:34PM 1.37				10:05AM 2.24				12:56AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)						2:46AM 0.98					4:33PM -0.01			3:34AM 1.07					5:51PM 0.07
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	19	18	17	16	16	16	17	19	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	16	16	16	17	19	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.0 WNW	0.3 SW	1.7 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	8	13	14	13	13	19	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 06													Friday 07
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos 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	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
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	406	822	1260	1260	1280	1379	1480	1484	1485	1736	1768	1780	6906	6977	6980	6980	6207	6207	5775	5567	5294	5087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													10:25PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)						3:38PM -0.07											2:52AM 0.96
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	18	17	18	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	18	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	16	16	16	13	13	13	16	16	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	11	12	12	16	16	16	13	13	16	16	16	14	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	4	4	4	6	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-