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

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	Thu	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Scripps Pier CAL - San Diego County	Cottons Point CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	7	14	22	20	20	20	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	16
Energy(?)	493	357	387	34	438	376	428	738	553	988	662	776	638	571	535	319	343	339	286	249	347	426
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	8:25PM 1.48	5:50AM 1.28		8:07PM 1.02	6:39AM 1.40		8:29PM 1.60	7:17AM 2.01		8:31PM 1.20	7:55AM 1.58		9:06PM 1.32	9:03AM 1.58		9:19PM 1.93	9:21AM 2.10		9:49PM 1.55	9:49AM 1.51		10:06PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	12:01AM 1.37	1:25PM 0.01		12:44AM 0.71	1:52PM -0.08		1:22AM 1.08		2:18PM -0.15	1:58AM 0.41		2:48PM 0.28	2:38AM 0.28		3:04PM 0.29	3:09AM 0.60		3:32PM 0.35	3:54AM 0.01		4:00PM -0.02	4:33AM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	27	26	21	19	19	17	19	22	17	25	24	22	28	26	24	25	25	25	28	27	24
Low °C	24	24	25	17	18	18	17	16	21	17	20	23	21	24	25	23	22	25	23	24	26	23
Chill °C (?)	26	27	26	21	19	19	17	19	22	17	25	24	22	28	26	24	25	25	25	28	27	24
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.2 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	14	14	9	14	9	20	8	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.7 S	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.6 W
Period (s)	4	10	8	7	9	14	9	20	13	18	8	12	12	10	16	3	4	13	12	12	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	-	0.5 W	0.3 W	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	10	-	10	3	-	4	-	4

	Thu		Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	La Jolla Shores CAL - San Diego County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Scripps Pier CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cottons Point CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	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 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	22	14	14	22	14	20	20	20	20
Energy(?)	645	545	504	350	346	354	357	361	334	393	284	225	368	219	524	478	549	514	668	652	763	735
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		8:12PM 0.95			5:50AM 1.28					8:07PM 1.02			6:46AM 1.46					8:30PM 1.60			7:19AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)			12:01AM 1.37				1:22PM 0.46				12:44AM 0.71				1:50PM 0.36				1:28AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	26	25	24	24	26	25	24	23	22	20	18	17	16	20	18	17	17	16	17	16	19
Chill °C (?)	24	26	25	24	24	26	25	24	23	22	20	18	17	16	20	18	17	17	16	17	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	9	14	9	9	9	9	20	20	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	18	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	14	8	8	7	8	14	9	14	14	14	13	9	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 12						Friday 13
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	La Jolla Shores CAL - San Diego County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Scripps Pier CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cottons Point CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	16	16	16
Energy(?)	532	463	567	563	522	545	448	447	493	470	370	349	354	231	336	336	370	385	97	317	320	319
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				8:12PM 0.95									5:56AM 1.34	6:14AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)							11:58PM 1.35														1:25PM 0.01
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	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	24	25	25	24	27	26	26	26	26
Chill °C (?)	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	24	25	25	24	27	26	26	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	15	18	18	18	4	4	8	10	4	4	4	4	4	8	10	10	8	10	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	3	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-