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

	Wed	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	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	K-38 Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Imperial Beach CAL - San Diego County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	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	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	1.5 S	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	9	10	12	9	7	7	8	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	15	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	532	583	392	308	355	222	153	68	70	66	104	209	112	148	115	123	130	94	243	387	257	182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:15AM 1.79		9:30PM 1.14	7:49AM 2.25		9:45PM 1.47	8:16AM 2.23		10:08PM 1.04	8:50AM 2.22		10:59PM 1.45	9:23AM 2.17		11:38PM 1.45	10:04AM 2.11		12:24AM 1.08	10:29AM 1.53		1:34AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)	12:46AM 0.69		2:40PM 0.21	1:48AM 0.73		3:05PM 0.17	1:58AM 1.12		3:41PM -0.19	2:29AM 0.72		4:21PM 0.19	3:04AM 1.15		5:04PM 0.25	3:42AM 1.18		5:26PM 0.31		4:33AM 0.78	6:07PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	12	15	1	-
High °C	19	22	20	20	20	20	16	18	18	17	19	19	18	20	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16
Low °C	16	20	19	19	20	18	15	18	17	17	18	18	18	20	18	17	18	17	16	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	22	20	20	20	20	16	18	18	17	19	19	18	20	19	18	18	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	9	12	9	10	12	9	7	7	8	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	15	14	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 W	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 W	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	15	14	14	11	16	16	15	9	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	1.5 S	1.9 SW	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	7	-	6

	Wed		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	K-38 Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Imperial Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	8	12	10	9	9	12	8	9	9	9	8	7	7	8
Energy(?)	292	540	615	530	522	583	574	392	247	310	308	246	251	355	128	206	200	231	210	96	85	79
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	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
High Tide / height (m)		8:48PM 1.05				7:07AM 2.15				8:57PM 1.04				7:43AM 2.22				9:45PM 1.47				8:41AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			12:59AM 1.14	1:17AM 0.72				2:33PM 0.20				1:29AM 1.11				3:07PM 0.18				1:54AM 0.71
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	17	18	23	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	19	18	16	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	17	18	23	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	19	18	16	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	8	12	10	9	9	12	8	9	9	9	8	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17	Thursday 18
	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	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	K-38 Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Imperial Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	0.4 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	0.9 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	9	12	12	13	12	9	8	12	12	12	12	8	12	8	12	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	239	310	403	339	399	503	45	525	301	267	532	506	520	696	248	685	348	583	436	254	254	295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)					8:42PM 1.49											7:10AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)									12:46AM 0.69
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	15	14	14	16	15	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	18	20	20	22	22	22	22	19
Chill °C (?)	15	13	14	16	15	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	18	20	20	22	22	22	22	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.5 W	0.9 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	12	8	12	8	12	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-