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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	Mon	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Ocean Beach Pier CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	4	2	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	1.3 S	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	15	14	14	13	12	8	7	12	12	11	8	8	10	14	12	12	12	11	10	13
Energy(?)	16	7	13	28	52	25	134	63	335	226	191	237	213	113	179	3163	2069	633	383	222	169	133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:51AM 1.75	6:33PM 0.97		5:39AM 1.89		7:34PM 1.05	6:27AM 2.00		8:21PM 1.12	7:16AM 2.06		9:34PM 1.44	8:07AM 2.56		10:01PM 1.61	8:51AM 2.02		10:30PM 1.23	9:36AM 1.91		11:32PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	10:09PM 0.54	12:23PM -0.09		11:07PM 0.59		1:13PM -0.30	12:06AM 0.62		1:59PM -0.45	1:00AM 0.59		2:44PM -0.52	1:51AM 0.98		3:28PM -0.16	2:37AM 0.99		4:09PM -0.47	3:31AM 0.52		5:00PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	19	23	22	21	18	16	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	15	16	17	16	18	17	16
Low °C	18	20	22	19	17	16	16	18	17	16	17	17	18	18	17	15	16	16	16	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	23	22	21	18	16	18	18	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	15	16	17	16	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	7	6	14	3	14	13	6	6	7	6	12	6	8	8	10	14	12	12	12	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.2 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.7 NW	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	11	15	14	12	3	12	8	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	13	9	16	16	15	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.4 SE	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego 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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	D Street CAL - San Diego County	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.3 S	0.7 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	15	4	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	6	8	7
Energy(?)	16	16	16	16	10	7	11	13	14	11	8	6	186	52	79	82	50	49	55	102	378	540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:19PM 0.91				4:51AM 1.75				6:33PM 0.97				5:48AM 2.23					7:34PM 1.05			6:36AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)			10:09PM 0.54				12:23PM -0.09				11:07PM 0.59					1:10PM 0.09			12:06AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	2	2	5	6	25
Temp. °C	19	18	18	18	19	20	23	22	22	22	22	22	14	17	18	17	16	16	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	18	19	20	23	22	22	22	22	22	13	17	18	17	15	15	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.7 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	14	15	3	3	4	14	14	13	13	13	6	6	6	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	11	13	11	15	15	13	14	13	-	4	12	5	6	6	12	12	12	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.6 S
Period (s)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	7

	Monday 29							Tuesday 30
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego 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	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	D Street CAL - San Diego County	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	7	7	14	14	14	14	15	15	14
Energy(?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	120	20	20	15	7	7	7	11	13	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:19PM 0.91											4:59AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)							10:09PM 0.54														12:26PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	23
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.7 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	15	14	14	14	11	11	11	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	-	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	-