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

	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	La Jolla Cove CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 W	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	10	10	8	20
Energy(?)	662	776	675	573	530	391	343	402	340	289	350	250	447	394	365	384	316	146	170	484	363	211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:51PM 1.31	8:33AM 2.11		9:19PM 1.93	9:12AM 2.08		9:39PM 1.54	9:49AM 1.51		10:09PM 2.14	10:37AM 1.85		10:36PM 1.69	11:19AM 1.20		11:10PM 1.70	12:15PM 1.01		11:53PM 2.16	1:48PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		2:51PM 0.27	2:34AM 0.26		3:18PM -0.17	3:09AM 0.60		3:37PM 0.37	3:51AM 0.00		4:00PM -0.02	4:32AM 0.37		4:23PM 0.60		5:19AM -0.11	4:53PM 0.26		6:12AM -0.09	5:19PM 0.42		7:20AM 0.42
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	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	23	23	25	25	24	24	25	24	27	26	21	27	25	22	24	22	19	19	19	17	16
Low °C	19	22	21	22	24	22	21	24	21	23	26	20	25	24	21	21	21	17	18	19	15	15
Chill °C (?)	25	23	23	25	25	24	24	25	24	27	26	21	27	25	22	24	22	19	19	19	17	15
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 W	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	15	11	14	10	10	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	12	16	10	15	4	10	11	12	14	18	12	12	12	12	14	11	14	13	13	13	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	7	10	-	7	13	-	3	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	912	1019	733	662	549	637	602	643	650	632	629	573	554	428	413	408	391	393	441	421	359	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:55AM 1.58					9:06PM 1.83				8:33AM 2.11				9:14PM 1.43				9:09AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	1:58AM 0.41	2:03AM 0.90				2:39PM 0.27				2:34AM 0.26				3:04PM 0.29				3:11AM 0.12				3:30PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	15	19	25	20	24	21	19	21	21	22	25	27	26	22	24	23	23	22	24	23	23
Chill °C (?)	18	15	19	25	20	24	21	19	21	21	22	25	27	26	22	24	23	23	22	24	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.3 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	19	10	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 S	0.3 W
Period (s)	18	18	12	8	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	4	4	14	14	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	6	6	-	-	7	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	10	7

	Monday 16
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia 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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16
Energy(?)	767	838	912	748	634	736	672	801	733	726	744	662	655	680	771	789	783	776	761	712	602	632
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									7:55AM 1.58													8:59PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			1:58AM 0.41													2:43PM -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	17	14	18	16	16	17	18	17	19	20	21	25	25	25	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	17	14	18	16	16	17	18	17	19	20	21	25	25	25	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	19	8	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	18	18	8	7	8	8	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	3	3