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

	Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
	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	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	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	Calafia Baja Norte	K-38 Baja Norte	Salt Creek (Gravels) CAL - Orange County	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	13	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	13	16	14	11	14	16
Energy(?)	494	1380	1495	1217	1377	2088	2912	1984	1438	162	280	268	243	355	429	375	669	480	375	681	439	388
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:07PM 1.59	9:33AM 2.27		11:22PM 1.52	9:55AM 2.35		12:31AM 1.44	11:12AM 1.98		2:15AM 1.15	11:55AM 1.98		3:28AM 1.54		1:32PM 1.71		4:37AM 1.57	3:05PM 1.59		5:13AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		3:57PM -0.07	2:46AM 0.98		4:41PM -0.01	3:37AM 1.12		5:33PM 0.09		4:44AM 0.85	7:00PM -0.21		5:37AM 1.31		7:54PM 0.33	7:52AM 1.28		9:16PM 0.37	9:48AM 1.16		10:11PM 0.45	11:05AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	17	20	18	18	18	18	18	23	24	25	29	25	26	24	24	22	23	19	21	24
Low °C	18	17	17	19	18	18	18	18	18	22	22	22	28	24	22	24	23	21	22	19	19	22
Chill °C (?)	18	19	17	20	18	18	18	18	18	23	24	25	29	25	26	24	24	22	23	19	21	24
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	4:53	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	13	15	14	14	8	14	13	13	13	17	16	15	15	15	14	13	16	14	11	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.1 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	2.0 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	14	14	14	13	13	19	18	17	11	12	12	13	11	11	16	10	11	14	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 06						Friday 07								Saturday 08
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	228	534	580	1340	1677	1599	2075	1898	1802	1217	1082	896	1163	892	647	1863	2381	2912	2262	1984	1865	1607
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:40AM 2.54					10:07PM 1.59			9:33AM 2.27					11:13PM 1.49				10:05AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)								2:46AM 0.98					4:33PM -0.01			3:34AM 1.07					5:51PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	19	18	17	17	16	16	17	19	20	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	17	19	18	17	17	16	16	17	19	20	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	11	11	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	8	14	13	13	19	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 06																			Friday 07
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	17	17	12	17	11	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	128	282	134	298	537	575	759	844	1026	1070	1202	1340	1481	1627	1600	6690	6736	6725	6725	6977	6980	6980
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					8:32AM 2.54														10:25PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)
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	16	16	16	16	17	17	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	16	17	17	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	11	13	12	12	11	13	13	13	16	16	16	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	17	17	12	17	17	16	16	16	11	13	13	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	15	15	15