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 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16
	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	Exiles CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Marisol North Point Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Scripps Pier CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	2	3	1	2	3	0	1	3	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	8
Energy(?)	449	347	458	340	466	482	529	327	381	467	367	324	314	267	313	283	281	274	112	269	291	479
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:10AM 1.64		7:08PM 0.99	4:57AM 1.19		7:23PM 1.59		5:51AM 1.74	7:32PM 1.71		6:45AM 1.35	7:47PM 1.84		7:42AM 1.87		8:06PM 2.00	8:15AM 1.88		8:30PM 2.15	9:01AM 1.85		8:57PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		11:42AM 0.15		11:18PM 0.84	12:24PM 0.08		12:17AM 0.68	12:50PM 0.47		1:00AM 1.01	1:25PM -0.01		1:39AM 0.29	2:00PM 0.49		2:16AM 0.56		2:21PM 0.53	2:56AM 0.35		2:50PM 0.12	3:41AM -0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	19	17	18	18	16	17	16	16	16	17	15	15	17	16	17	18	17	17	17	17
Low °C	17	18	19	16	17	18	16	17	16	15	15	16	14	15	17	15	15	18	16	16	17	14
Chill °C (?)	18	20	19	16	18	18	16	16	15	16	15	16	14	15	17	16	17	18	16	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	1.1 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	15	16	16	16	16	15	6	15	10	10	14	6	6	6	7	15	5	14	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	15	11	7	7	12	7	7	15	11	14	14	9	13	16	16	15	6	15	6	14	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	5	8	4	3	7	7	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Thu		Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Marisol North Point Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	3	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	545	605	547	600	548	347	432	498	549	559	606	569	573	243	442	455	430	510	506	431	393	408
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				3:20AM 1.14					7:25PM 1.51			4:47AM 1.67					7:23PM 1.59				5:57AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)							11:42AM 0.15				11:18PM 0.84				12:24PM 0.08				12:22AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Temp. °C	18	17	17	17	17	20	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	17	17	20	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 W	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	6	5	5	5	13	15	15	8	8	8	13	12	12	7	12	13	7	7	7	7	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.4 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	4	5

	Thursday 09						Friday 10
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Marisol North Point Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	3	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	15	18	18
Energy(?)	411	436	516	521	615	539	605	470	449	449	600	488	600	299	548	423	414	425	466	377	432	432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)											3:20AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)																			11:41AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	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	18	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	20	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	20	20	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	15	15	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	13	15	15	18	18	8	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	4	4	4