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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Bolsa Chica CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	1.0 NW	0.7 W	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	1.2 S	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	12	9	7	6	6	9	12	11	11	11	11	10	16	9	5	7	8	8	8	10	11	12
Energy(?)	346	259	101	74	52	64	90	79	70	148	460	156	102	133	170	900	505	764	841	545	1261	1445
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:45PM 1.47	8:16AM 2.23		10:21PM 1.46	9:02AM 2.26		10:59PM 1.45	9:15AM 1.71		11:25PM 1.05	10:25AM 1.62		12:09AM 1.07	10:29AM 1.53		12:54AM 1.12	11:22AM 1.79		2:01AM 1.24	12:40PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		3:07PM 0.18	1:58AM 1.12		4:01PM 0.17	2:30AM 1.13		4:18PM 0.20	3:04AM 1.15		4:52PM -0.15	3:44AM 0.75	4:10AM 0.80	6:00PM -0.08		4:33AM 0.78	6:07PM -0.02		5:39AM 1.22	6:46PM 0.08		7:18AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	4	15	2	1	-	-
High °C	20	18	16	15	17	17	18	18	17	20	16	18	18	18	16	17	17	18	17	18	17	18
Low °C	20	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	19	16	17	18	17	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	18
Chill °C (?)	20	18	16	15	17	17	18	18	17	20	16	18	18	18	15	15	16	17	16	18	17	18
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	1.0 NW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W
Period (s)	12	9	7	6	6	9	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	15	7	8	8	8	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	3	14	10	16	16	15	9	14	6	13	10	13	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.7 WSW	-	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	-	8	8	-	-	-

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Burnout CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	12	7	9	7	9	8	7	7	7	6	10	6	6	9	9	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	292	286	269	346	111	259	96	234	205	94	101	78	71	76	48	48	64	67	214	61	82	79
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:43AM 2.22				9:45PM 1.47				8:09AM 1.76					10:08PM 1.04			8:42AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		1:26AM 1.12				3:07PM 0.18				1:54AM 0.71								2:29AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	19	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	15	17	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	18	19	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	17	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	12	7	9	7	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	9	9	12	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 19
	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Burnout CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	9	9	8	8	9	8	7	7
Energy(?)	304	316	292	287	144	286	154	274	269	161	161	148	240	233	157	153	147	143	256	142	96	101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)										7:37AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)				1:26AM 1.12														3:07PM -0.18
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	20	20	17	18	17	19	19	19	19	20	17	17	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	20	17	18	17	19	19	19	19	20	17	17	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	9	9	8	8	9	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-