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 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10
	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	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Exiles CAL - LA County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	4	7	5	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 W	1.3 W	2.2 WNW	1.5 W	3.5 W	2.0 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.4 W	1.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 W	1.4 WNW	2.2 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	18	18	14	15	14	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	9	10	8	9
Energy(?)	1007	735	926	329	303	788	2645	2459	7175	1932	2555	2021	1293	693	628	247	367	919	844	2923	641	801
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:37PM 1.82	10:07AM 2.06		11:09PM 1.83	10:47AM 1.82		11:56PM 1.71	11:43AM 1.46		12:30AM 1.70	12:40PM 1.24		1:10AM 1.68		2:35PM 0.73	1:41AM 1.26			3:01AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		4:08AM 0.79	4:44PM 0.35		4:55AM 0.81	5:24PM 0.53		6:05AM 0.83	5:33PM 0.74		7:14AM 0.86	6:02PM 0.88		8:25AM 0.90	6:30PM 0.64		10:22AM 0.37			11:57AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	23	24	25	23	22	19	17	19	17	18	21	20	20	25	22	20	19	18	16	16	16	16
Low °C	20	23	25	20	22	19	17	18	17	17	19	18	19	24	21	17	18	17	15	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	23	24	25	23	22	19	17	19	17	18	21	20	20	25	22	20	19	18	16	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.3 W	2.2 WNW	1.6 W	3.5 W	2.0 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.4 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.4 WNW	2.2 W	2.4 W	0.2 SSW	2.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	14	15	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	8	12	12	9	10	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	1.1 W	1.5 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	20	18	18	16	14	18	18	13	12	14	12	11	11	16	12	15	14	15	16	21	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	2.3 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	10	8	-

	Tue		Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	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	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	2.3 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	18	12	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	17
Energy(?)	696	644	546	465	427	735	692	926	308	891	1216	1210	1636	508	684	536	596	1079	1148	3582	5786	6995
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			10:37PM 1.82				10:18AM 1.93				11:23PM 1.70				11:15AM 1.36				11:40PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	4:15PM 0.17				4:08AM 0.79				4:44PM 0.35				5:08AM 0.80				5:07PM 0.06				6:05AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	22	22	23	24	23	25	26	24	23	22	19	23	19	20	19	19	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	22	23	24	23	25	26	24	23	22	19	23	19	20	19	19	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	2.3 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	16	14	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.3 S	1.1 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.6 W	0.3 S	0.3 SW	1.5 W	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	20	19	18	18	17	13	16	13	13	14	14	16	12	16	18	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 03							Wednesday 04
	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	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	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	812	802	696	674	665	1126	1126	1023	546	976	913	913	953	453	225	137	137	324	357	706	692	731
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							10:52PM 1.68												10:07AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	4:15PM 0.17												4:18AM 0.78
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	22	21	21	21	22	22	20	19	22	22	20	20	22	23	24	22	24	26	29	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	21	22	22	20	19	22	22	20	20	22	23	24	22	24	26	29	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	21	21	21	14	14	14	14	14	14	19	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-