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

	Tue	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	La Jolla Shores CAL - San Diego County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	La Jolla Cove CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	14	17	16	16	15	16	14	14	13	10	13	13	13	18	17	7	8	8	9
Energy(?)	430	344	394	439	364	409	438	541	1033	843	1139	781	240	301	256	143	215	70	387	212	382	471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		4:12AM 1.26	3:04PM 1.71		4:53AM 1.38	4:18PM 1.62		5:31AM 1.88	5:34PM 1.49		5:52AM 1.59	6:07PM 1.24		6:17AM 1.67		7:14PM 1.60	6:40AM 1.73		7:46PM 1.57	7:03AM 1.76		8:12PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)		9:30AM 0.84		10:02PM 0.48	10:50AM 0.66		10:46PM 0.57	11:46AM 0.84		11:27PM 0.26	12:27PM 0.30		11:57PM 0.34		1:02PM 0.51	12:32AM 0.86		1:37PM 0.37	12:50AM 0.91		2:06PM 0.29	1:11AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	43	17	-	5	2	1	-	3	13	19	4	5	2
High °C	19	21	19	19	19	19	19	20	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	17	17	15	16	17	16	15
Low °C	17	21	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	16	17	15	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	19	21	19	19	19	19	19	20	18	17	18	18	17	19	19	17	16	14	16	16	16	13
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	17	16	16	15	16	14	14	13	10	13	8	7	7	12	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	18	18	13	13	13	9	9	5	14	6	13	10	13	13	12	7	12	12	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	0.6 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 S	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.7 S	1.3 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	6	6	-	-	4	7	6	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Friday 14
	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	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - 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	Calafia Baja Norte	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	525	475	539	509	345	344	355	437	694	443	439	427	597	449	387	341	437	528	524	551	502	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	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	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					4:12AM 1.26			2:56PM 1.67					4:53AM 1.38				4:12PM 1.29				5:31AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		9:04PM 0.07				9:38AM 1.22					10:04PM 0.12				10:54AM 1.03				10:46PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	17	18	18	21	21	19	18	19	18	18	18	20	20	19	19	20	19	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	18	18	21	21	19	18	19	18	18	18	20	20	19	19	20	19	18	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	10	14	14	14	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	14	18	18	18	9	13	13	13	13	13	14	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 11							Wednesday 12
	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	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - 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	Calafia Baja Norte	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	418	478	510	625	476	381	550	481	932	444	500	499	475	435	361	299	314	407	342	349	355	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													4:12AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)						9:02PM 0.42												9:39AM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	18	18	17	17	18	17	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	21	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	18	18	17	17	18	16	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	21	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	16	16	12	16	16	16	16	12	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	11	11	16	11	12	12	11	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	4	-	-