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

7 day 48 hour

	Thu		Friday 04			Saturday 05			Sunday 06			Monday 07			Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			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	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	18	13	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	302	314	268	334	387	204	277	265	469	306	644	457	405	394	261	207	192	116	91	125	124	80
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:48PM		6:33AM	5:28PM		7:11AM 4:46PM	6:07PM		8:22AM	6:45PM		8:53AM	7:23PM		9:26AM		8:01PM	10:09AM		1:57PM	2:37AM
Low Tide / height (m)		12:12AM	11:07AM		1:07AM	11:13AM		1:43AM	12:13PM		2:25AM	12:54PM		2:59AM 12:12AM	1:39PM	2:10PM	3:30AM		5:58AM		9:49PM	6:46AM 12:44AM
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	18	17	20	20	19	17	22	19	22	21	19	21	21	19	21	24	22	23	24	21	25	23
Low °C	18	16	18	20	19	17	22	19	19	21	19	19	21	18	20	24	20	21	23	21	23	22
Chill °C (?)	18	17	20	20	19	17	22	19	22	21	19	21	21	19	21	24	22	23	24	21	25	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	15	15	7	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	6	6	13	6	6	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	6	8	7	7	14	19	18	7	13	6	7	19	6	6	18	13	13	16	16	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	7	-	7	7	6	-	5	6	-	6	-	-	7

	Thursday 03				Friday 04								Saturday 05
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) 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	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	251	302	184	322	314	249	246	268	334	334	387	387	387	361	341	204	299	277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:48PM 1.81	5:19PM 1.40				5:43AM 0.85				5:28PM 1.47				7:11AM 0.87	8:02AM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)					12:12AM 0.44			10:26AM 1.05					1:07AM 0.28				11:20AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	15	16	16	16	18	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	17	22	22
Chill °C (?)	18	18	15	16	16	16	18	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	17	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:58	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	7	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	7	6	6	18	18	8	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7