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 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			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	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	7	14	14	20	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	18
Energy(?)	537	498	357	390	48	455	504	554	765	1256	1091	637	711	675	571	525	323	369	315	247	249	335
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:21PM 1.46	5:49AM 1.82		8:25PM 1.54	6:39AM 1.40		8:16PM 1.10	7:17AM 2.01		8:31PM 1.20	7:55AM 1.58		9:06PM 1.32	8:41AM 2.13		9:19PM 1.93	9:12AM 2.08		9:43PM 2.05	9:53AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)		11:58PM 1.35	1:27PM 0.46		12:50AM 1.25	1:52PM -0.08		1:22AM 0.56		2:15PM 0.30	1:58AM 0.41		2:43PM -0.18	2:38AM 0.28		3:37PM -0.12	3:09AM 0.60		3:34PM -0.12	3:49AM 0.46		4:00PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	26	27	26	20	18	18	16	19	17	17	24	24	24	27	25	23	31	32	26	29	28
Low °C	27	24	25	25	16	17	17	15	16	16	16	20	23	21	24	24	20	26	28	24	26	28
Chill °C (?)	27	26	27	26	20	18	18	16	19	17	16	24	24	24	27	25	23	31	32	26	29	28
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	6:53	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:57	-	-	7:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	4	10	8	7	9	14	13	20	19	18	8	12	16	10	-	4	4	11	4	14	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.7 WNW	-	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	-	10	4	-	12	4	4	3

	Thursday 12				Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sun
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	La Jolla Shores CAL - San Diego County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	22	14	14	22	9	20	20
Energy(?)	460	472	645	554	505	354	346	352	368	361	339	394	285	366	229	221	545	504	556	513	502	666
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				8:12PM 0.95			5:50AM 1.28					8:07PM 1.02			6:42AM 1.93					8:29PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	12:47PM 0.57				12:01AM 1.37				1:22PM 0.46				12:44AM 0.71				1:50PM 0.36				1:22AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	30	29	24	26	23	24	24	26	25	23	23	21	20	17	17	16	18	17	16	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	30	29	24	26	23	24	24	26	25	23	23	21	20	17	17	16	18	17	16	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 W
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	9	14	9	10	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	18	4	4	5	4	4	15	9	14	8	8	8	7	14	9	14	14	14	13	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	4	11	4	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 12												Friday 13
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	La Jolla Shores CAL - San Diego County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	441	460	505	486	513	454	455	463	472	472	517	554	517	535	400	320	358	337	346	337	336	348
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)										8:21PM 1.46									5:50AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		12:47PM 0.57											11:50PM 0.84	12:04AM 0.87
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	30	30	27	29	27	29	28	26	27	28	26	26	26	23	25	25	26	26	24	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	30	30	27	29	27	29	28	26	27	28	26	26	26	23	25	25	26	26	24	25	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 W
Period (s)	11	10	14	14	15	15	15	18	8	8	4	4	4	10	4	10	10	10	4	10	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	11	11	3	3	3	4	4	-	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-