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

	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	1.3 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	21	9	20	19	9	9	18	11	16	16	16	15	15	11	14	14	14	13	13	13	7
Energy(?)	226	377	182	247	322	508	704	696	676	220	236	227	295	243	295	152	138	94	128	215	191	343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	12:25PM 1.48		11:53PM 2.16	1:48PM 1.31		12:39AM 1.56		3:50PM 0.76	1:56AM 1.45		6:42PM 1.42	3:48AM 1.40		6:56PM 1.01		5:24AM 1.84	7:46PM 1.54		6:33AM 1.89			7:14AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		5:19PM 0.93		7:20AM 0.42	5:46PM 0.58		8:48AM 0.47	6:16PM 0.73		11:00AM -0.04		9:07PM 0.85	11:51AM -0.08		11:21PM 0.77	12:54PM 0.26		12:41AM 1.05	1:36PM 0.24		1:26AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	17	19	21	17	17	18	18	22	23	20	21	22	20	21	22	21	24	25	22	21
Low °C	18	20	16	17	21	16	16	17	16	20	22	19	19	21	19	20	22	20	23	24	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	21	17	19	21	17	17	18	18	22	23	20	21	22	20	21	22	21	24	25	22	21
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	7:00	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	19	9	9	8	11	16	16	16	10	10	11	8	10	14	11	13	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 W	0.6 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	18	11	10	16	8	8	9	15	15	14	14	14	6	13	11	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	11	5	6	7

	Sunday 22						Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	21	21	13	10	13	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	8	8	9	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	272	226	283	275	324	274	270	183	200	212	139	345	322	250	223	642	732	704	740	696	365	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:25PM 1.48				11:53PM 2.16								12:39AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	6:13AM 0.36				5:19PM 0.42				7:18AM -0.03				5:46PM 0.58					9:08AM 0.42			6:16PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	21	20	19	19	18	18	19	17	19	19	19	20	19	16	16	17	17	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	20	21	20	19	19	18	18	19	17	19	19	19	20	19	16	16	17	17	18	19	19
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	13	13	10	13	13	9	6	9	19	19	18	8	8	9	8	8	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	10	10	13	9	9	20	19	19	12	8	8	11	11	11	10	10	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22																		Monday 23
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	21	21	21	21	21	10	10	10	10	10	13	13
Energy(?)	277	272	272	268	188	176	226	237	237	235	186	370	324	324	324	974	930	868	838	821	191	188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)								12:15PM 1.01												12:05AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		6:13AM 0.36											5:19PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	16	17	18	19	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	16	17	18	19	19	19	13	14	14	14	14	19	19
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	13	13	10	13	13	10	10	10	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	10	10	13	10	10	13	13	13	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-