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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	Sat		Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			Sat
	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	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Poche Beach 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	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Indicator CAL - LA County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	6	13	13	13	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	6	14	14	7	13	19
Energy(?)	238	109	92	22	79	129	153	179	205	163	272	290	381	348	309	331	254	263	244	264	256	297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	5:14PM 2.15		7:22AM 1.34	6:06PM 2.25		8:24AM 1.43	6:56PM 2.31		9:27AM 1.52		8:01PM 2.43	9:37AM 1.18		8:36PM 2.43	10:25AM 1.62		9:34PM 2.44	11:00AM 1.66		10:05PM 2.33	11:24AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		12:58AM 0.04	11:15AM 1.13		1:46AM 0.20	12:27PM 1.13		2:44AM 0.05	1:39PM 1.13		3:28AM -0.03		2:49PM 0.68	3:54AM -0.04		3:21PM 1.03	4:48AM -0.00		3:54PM 0.94		5:08AM -0.24	4:46PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	19	17	18	18	21	18	19	20	19	19	20	20	20	22	20	19	20	20	18	20
Low °C	19	17	17	16	17	17	19	17	17	20	18	18	19	18	18	21	17	18	20	17	18	20
Chill °C (?)	20	18	19	17	18	18	21	18	19	20	19	19	20	20	20	22	20	19	20	20	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	7:57	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.1 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 W
Period (s)	14	6	6	6	13	13	13	12	6	6	5	6	15	6	14	14	13	7	14	6	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	13	13	14	5	6	19	6	12	12	16	16	15	15	6	14	13	14	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	0.6 W	1.2 W	-	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	6	-	6	7	-	-

	Saturday 19				Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tue
	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	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	17
Energy(?)	125	211	255	210	207	188	175	92	83	82	82	213	70	117	147	67	74	140	156	205	199	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	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	low
High Tide / height (m)							7:22AM 1.34				6:13PM 2.26					8:41AM 1.45			6:56PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)					12:50AM 0.39				11:27AM 1.15								12:38PM 1.17					2:35AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	17	19	20	19	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	17	19	20	19	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	6	13	14	6	5	14	14	14	5	13	13	6	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	5	9	16	6	13	6	6	13	14	5	5	6	13	6	6	13	5	6	6	6	17	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 19												Sunday 20
	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	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Burnout CAL - LA County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	128	206	257	243	241	254	249	126	124	124	121	238	112	195	194	101	99	188	188	192	173	192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						5:00PM 2.10															7:08AM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)														12:44AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	16	17	17	16	16	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	16	17	17	16	16	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	13	6	13	13	6	6	13	13	6	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	5	9	9	6	9	16	16	9	9	9	13	6	13	6	6	13	13	6	6	13	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	-	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	9	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-