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

	Sat	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21
	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	Popotla Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 W
Period(s) (?)	20	20	20	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	15	14	14	10
Energy(?)	403	679	542	961	662	711	675	612	535	237	343	312	292	288	304	267	444	366	386	409	382	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:16PM 1.10	7:17AM 2.01		8:42PM 1.70	7:55AM 1.58		9:10PM 1.67	8:33AM 2.11		9:14PM 1.43	9:09AM 1.59		9:39PM 1.54	10:04AM 1.85		10:09PM 2.14	10:45AM 1.87		10:36PM 1.69	11:19AM 1.20		11:13PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)	1:22AM 0.56		2:21PM 0.31	1:57AM 0.92		2:39PM 0.27	2:40AM 0.75		3:09PM -0.17	3:11AM 0.12		3:34PM -0.12	3:51AM 0.00		4:09PM -0.02	4:32AM 0.37		4:27PM 0.11		5:19AM -0.11	4:53PM 0.26
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	17	19	20	17	23	23	21	22	24	21	24	24	23	27	25	24	27	26	24	23	21	15
Low °C	15	15	20	17	19	22	20	20	23	19	22	23	22	23	25	20	24	24	20	19	20	15
Chill °C (?)	17	19	20	17	23	23	21	22	24	21	24	24	23	27	25	24	27	26	24	23	21	14
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	9	9	20	8	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	12	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	20	13	18	7	12	16	12	16	4	10	11	13	14	18	12	12	11	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	10	-	-	12	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat		Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego 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	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	22	21	20	20	20	20	9	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	506	410	501	710	736	679	964	635	739	760	912	658	733	1029	552	628	679	620	638	632	629	573
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:29PM 1.60			7:19AM 1.51					8:31PM 1.20			7:55AM 1.58	8:03AM 1.96				8:51PM 1.31				8:33AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)			1:27AM 1.11					2:15PM 0.30			1:58AM 0.41					2:39PM 0.27				2:34AM 0.26
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	17	17	16	16	17	19	16	18	18	18	19	19	20	17	20	21	19	20	21	21	21	26
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	16	17	19	16	18	18	18	19	19	20	17	20	21	19	20	21	21	21	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.7 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	9	9	20	20	9	9	19	19	19	19	18	18	8	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	9	14	20	9	13	20	20	8	13	13	18	13	12	18	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Saturday 14						Sunday 15
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego 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	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	1.9 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	22	14	22	14	14	21	9	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Energy(?)	505	472	545	468	420	410	917	411	408	408	615	615	629	1181	581	628	702	721	592	591	552	474
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				8:29PM 1.60											7:25AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)									1:22AM 0.56													2:15PM 0.30
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	18	16	17	16	17	17	15	15	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	18
Chill °C (?)	18	16	17	16	17	17	14	15	17	17	17	17	16	14	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 WNW	1.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	9	14	9	14	9	9	9	14	14	20	20	20	8	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	22	14	9	14	9	14	13	13	20	20	13	13	13	20	9	9	8	13	13	13	13	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-