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

	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	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	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	K-38 Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	17	18	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	16	13	15	15	15	16	16	21	14	14	14
Energy(?)	158	240	243	250	288	270	327	206	209	284	248	236	113	220	295	112	259	107	82	74	90	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on	glass	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:34AM 1.53	7:22PM 1.53		8:04AM 1.97		8:01PM 1.49	8:24AM 2.04		8:38PM 1.43	8:41AM 1.73		9:15PM 1.36	9:02AM 1.75		10:20PM 1.38	9:23AM 1.75		10:28PM 1.19	9:43AM 1.73		11:23PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	1:14AM 0.41	1:37PM 0.39		1:41AM 0.47		2:13PM 0.61	2:10AM 0.20		2:52PM 0.50	2:32AM 0.30		3:18PM 0.09	2:52AM 0.40		3:49PM 0.34	3:38AM 0.48		4:22PM 0.03	3:31AM 0.60		4:57PM 0.05	3:55AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	22	21	22	23	21	22	23	20	22	22	20	19	19	17	17	17	17	19	20	18
Low °C	18	19	22	20	20	22	21	21	22	20	19	21	18	17	18	16	16	17	16	16	19	17
Chill °C (?)	19	21	22	21	22	23	21	22	23	20	22	22	20	19	19	17	17	16	16	19	20	18
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	7	16	17	18	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	16	13	15	15	15	16	16	4	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	7	12	11	10	11	11	16	11	14	16	13	16	16	13	15	13	13	15	14	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	4	5	-

	Thu		Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	K-38 Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches 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
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	164	92	93	221	222	240	237	211	292	259	250	309	319	302	242	350	301	302	294	295	281	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:42PM 1.86				7:42AM 1.89				7:34PM 1.88				7:58AM 1.62					8:01PM 1.49				8:24AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)			1:17AM 0.06				1:37PM 0.39				1:46AM 0.12					2:37PM 0.23				2:10AM 0.20
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	18	19	19	19	19	21	22	21	20	21	20	20	21	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	19	19	21	22	21	20	21	20	20	21	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	12	12	7	7	16	17	7	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	6	6	16	16	7	12	17	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16						Friday 17
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	K-38 Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches 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
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17
Energy(?)	123	98	98	155	135	136	92	154	121	117	144	148	148	151	196	244	190	190	190	214	237	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:36PM 1.53													7:42AM 1.89	8:05AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)									1:20AM 0.42												1:37PM 0.39
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	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	20
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	7	7	12	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	7	16	16	16	16	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	12	12	7	7	7	7	16	16	7	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7