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

7 day 48 hour

	Sun		Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sun
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	14	19	19	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14
Energy(?)	402	129	275	174	236	214	375	418	498	380	402	294	249	272	348	335	168	229	201	69	143	147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	on	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:09PM 2.10	12:53PM 1.66		11:54PM 1.92	1:27PM 1.33		12:47AM 1.70		2:14PM 1.82	1:54AM 1.11		3:02PM 1.50	3:36AM 0.93		4:12PM 1.91		5:47AM 1.26	5:00PM 1.71		7:08AM 0.94	5:59PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	5:06PM 1.05		6:16AM 0.28	6:02PM 1.04		6:54AM 0.01	7:06PM 0.62		7:24AM 0.56		8:28PM 0.57	8:08AM 0.34		10:05PM 0.45	8:56AM 0.51		11:52PM 0.56	9:57AM 1.05		12:49AM 0.04	11:17AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	19	21	15	19	20	16	15	20	18	19	20	18	20	21	18	20	21	19	22	21
Low °C	19	17	18	20	14	18	19	15	15	19	17	18	20	18	19	21	17	18	21	18	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	21	14	19	20	15	15	20	18	19	20	18	20	21	18	20	21	19	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	7:55	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	14	15	15	10	14	19	11	10	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	6	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 W	0.3 S	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	10	16	10	12	14	19	14	18	17	13	12	12	12	11	9	9	4	10	6	13	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	10	11	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	3	4	5	-	-	-	-

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	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 San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia 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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	402	402	147	191	129	277	252	275	279	128	176	123	218	273	216	391	379	295	340	333	329	418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:18PM 1.59				11:09PM 2.10				12:53PM 1.66				11:50PM 1.55				1:48PM 1.62				12:43AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			5:06PM 1.05				6:20AM -0.11				6:01PM 0.64				6:54AM 0.01				7:06PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	17	17	17	18	19	20	19	18	18	17	17	18	15	15	20	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	17	17	17	18	19	20	19	18	18	17	17	18	15	15	20	18	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	8:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	10	10	18	18	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	10	14	11	16	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	21	20	20	14	19	11	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	3	3	-	10	-	-	11	11	11	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-