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 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Exiles CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	1	2	3	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	1	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	7	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	369	409	347	523	338	444	516	251	331	400	535	395	226	382	214	316	323	235	266	114	296	355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:26AM 1.68		7:25PM 1.51	4:57AM 1.19		7:09PM 1.09		5:57AM 1.27	7:32PM 1.71		6:42AM 1.82	7:47PM 1.84		7:29AM 1.40		8:03PM 1.49	8:13AM 1.41		8:30PM 2.15	9:01AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)			11:41AM 0.59		11:18PM 0.84	12:24PM 0.08		12:26AM 0.68	12:56PM 0.02		1:00AM 1.01	1:18PM 0.45		1:38AM 0.79	1:53PM 0.00		2:18AM 0.09		2:14PM 0.51	2:56AM 0.35		2:50PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	20	19	17	17	18	17	17	18	15	16	16	15	16	17	17	16	17	17	16	16
Low °C	19	17	18	19	16	16	18	16	17	17	14	14	16	15	16	17	15	15	17	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	20	19	16	17	18	16	16	17	14	15	15	13	15	16	17	15	16	17	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	16	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	10	14	14	7	7	7	7	6	15	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.9 W	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	6	5	15	8	7	7	13	12	11	6	15	10	18	14	16	16	16	15	6	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	-	0.5 W	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.9 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	3	3	-	7	4	5	-	-	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	15	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	310	229	545	539	543	600	548	363	432	498	549	580	576	569	571	235	442	437	455	466	449	484
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-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 Tide / height (m)						3:20AM 1.14					7:25PM 1.51			4:47AM 1.67					7:23PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)									11:42AM 0.15				11:31PM 1.36				12:24PM 0.08				12:22AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	17	18	16	17	17	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	16	18	18	18	18	18	15	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.3 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 W	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 S
Period (s)	16	10	6	6	5	5	13	18	15	8	8	8	12	12	12	7	12	12	7	7	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	7	-	-	-	4

	Thursday 09	Friday 10
	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	279	142	310	310	369	369	350	433	494	541	540	586	516	493	543	346	600	600	316	419	419	548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)																	3:20AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	17	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	6	7	7	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	9	5	5	5	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-