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

	Sun	Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	3	2	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	14	17	16	16	14	14	14	16	16	16	7	8	8	7	13	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	183	243	315	476	311	474	508	419	394	192	416	468	589	795	917	1218	317	1710	1456	1281	74	113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:45AM 1.06	11:53AM 1.60		3:28AM 1.54		1:21PM 1.79		4:23AM 1.66	3:02PM 1.71		4:53AM 1.38	4:12PM 1.29		5:37AM 1.91	5:44PM 1.36		6:04AM 2.00	6:20PM 1.59		6:31AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		5:33AM 0.91		7:54PM 0.33	7:49AM 1.35		9:02PM 0.42	9:38AM 1.22		10:04PM 0.12	10:50AM 0.66		10:51PM 0.18	11:52AM 0.85		11:23PM 0.66	12:36PM 0.67		11:57PM 0.34		1:02PM 0.51	12:23AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	26	25	21	23	21	20	21	20	18	20	18	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	17
Low °C	21	25	24	20	22	20	19	20	19	18	20	18	15	15	17	15	16	16	16	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	24	26	25	21	23	21	20	21	20	18	20	18	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	18	17
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	15	15	11	13	12	16	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	8	7	13	12	12	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 W
Period (s)	16	12	12	14	14	16	11	10	18	18	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	8	7	13	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 SW	1.6 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	6	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun		Monday 10								Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	14	14
Energy(?)	282	252	267	262	330	243	260	272	407	358	455	450	519	605	444	339	510	553	508	575	361	312
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				2:05AM 1.45			11:55AM 1.98					3:13AM 1.14				1:21PM 1.79					4:23AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	6:39PM -0.10				5:48AM 1.33					7:53PM -0.00				7:49AM 1.35				9:05PM 0.41				9:30AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	22	21	22	26	25	23	22	23	23	22	22	23	21	22	19	20	20	19	19	21
Chill °C (?)	18	20	22	21	22	26	25	23	22	23	23	22	22	23	21	22	19	20	20	19	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	11	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	14	17	16	16	11	12	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Sunday 09							Monday 10
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	289	284	282	193	297	187	187	185	287	256	239	239	236	333	278	253	313	296	282	383	260	281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										1:45AM 1.06										11:59AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			6:39PM -0.10											5:48AM 1.33
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	20	19	18	18	18	22	22	23	21	22	22	22	22	21	22	24	24	25	26	24	25	26
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	18	18	22	22	23	21	22	22	22	22	21	22	24	24	25	26	24	25	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	12	16	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	12	16	12	16	16	16	12	12	8	8	8	12	12	12	13	12	7	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8