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

	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	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	K-38 Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period(s) (?)	16	7	7	18	17	8	9	10	8	10	11	11	12	11	13	10	12	12	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	139	255	91	233	221	314	596	616	211	489	445	367	355	246	114	88	78	41	70	365	36	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:13PM 1.48	9:19AM 1.57		9:45PM 1.98	9:52AM 1.88		10:07PM 1.96	10:30AM 1.68		11:03PM 1.45	11:35AM 1.49		11:00PM 1.90	11:51AM 0.84		11:40PM 1.86		2:11PM 1.17	12:33AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		3:08PM 0.25	3:12AM 0.11		4:01PM -0.03	3:51AM 0.56		3:55PM 0.57		4:31AM 0.58	4:13PM 0.22		5:36AM 0.65	4:29PM 0.38		6:00AM 0.24	4:36PM 0.52		7:18AM 0.78	4:08PM 1.16		9:11AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	16	15	17	17	15	16	17	18	17	16	15	18	16	16	16	16	14	17	16	16	17
Low °C	16	15	15	17	16	15	16	17	15	17	15	15	16	14	15	16	14	13	17	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	17	17	15	16	16	18	17	15	14	18	15	16	16	15	14	17	15	16	16
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	1.0 NW	0.3 S	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	7	7	7	7	8	9	11	8	10	11	11	12	11	13	6	12	5	9	9	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 W	0.4 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.9 NW	0.2 W	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	15	15	17	14	11	16	11	14	14	13	13	13	11	10	5	12	5	12	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 N	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	3	-	-	-	2	-

	Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	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	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Scripps Pier CAL - San Diego County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	K-38 Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.4 SSW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	1.0 W	0.5 SSW	0.9 W	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	8	16	8	8	8	18	18	7	7	17	8	16	10	9	9	10	10	11
Energy(?)	232	235	214	280	221	149	245	197	265	260	221	162	86	221	219	235	278	512	649	858	481	551
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:41AM 1.71				9:20PM 1.95				9:40AM 1.54				9:40PM 1.51				9:55AM 1.88	10:09AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		2:34AM 0.65				3:06PM 0.26				3:11AM 0.59				3:30PM -0.09				3:59AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	19	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	16	15	14	15	15	16	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.7 W	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	9	9	10	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	12	9	16	16	12	15	18	15	15	15	15	17	14	16	16	14	16	16	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-

	Mon	Tuesday 03
	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	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Scripps Pier CAL - San Diego County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	K-38 Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.4 SSW	1.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	10	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	16	7	16	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	231	238	175	258	230	140	234	211	239	286	213	173	110	227	272	216	187	253	264	271	125	180
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)											8:30AM 1.70	9:02AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)																		3:13PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	16	14	16	17	16	18	18	17	16	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	16	14	16	17	16	18	18	17	16	17	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.3 SSW	0.9 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	8	8	16	16	16	12	16	16	16	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-