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

	Wed	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25
	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	Dolphin Street CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Church CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.2 W	2.1 W	3.0 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	8	7	11	11	6	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	15	10	12	19
Energy(?)	360	207	468	1103	192	520	924	72	63	43	35	43	54	112	158	152	242	187	173	271	221	136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:40AM 2.03		10:23PM 1.94	10:22AM 1.83		10:49PM 1.51	11:04AM 1.14		11:25PM 1.52	12:08PM 0.90		12:32AM 2.04		2:01PM 0.72	1:40AM 2.00			2:53AM 1.96		6:37PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	3:50AM 0.22		4:04PM 0.40		4:25AM 0.65	4:31PM 0.07		5:18AM 0.19	4:56PM 0.25		6:23AM 0.20	5:19PM 0.43		8:11AM 0.66	5:41PM 0.60		10:03AM 0.10			11:12AM 0.42		9:49PM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	12	12	14	13	15	14	15	19	19	19	22	20	18	19	19	16	18	17	16
Low °C	12	13	12	10	11	13	12	13	14	14	17	18	18	20	18	17	19	17	16	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	9	11	12	11	14	13	15	19	19	19	22	20	18	19	19	16	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 W
Period (s)	8	7	15	15	7	11	11	6	6	6	3	12	4	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	-	0.1 S	0.5 W	1.1 W	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	15	-	11	10	7	13	9	13	13	12	6	12	4	12	4	13	13	15	12	8	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.1 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	-	5	-	4	-	4	-

	Wed		Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	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	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Dolphin Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.9 WNW	1.6 W	1.3 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	12	12	7	5	7	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	889	1320	1112	989	793	207	183	468	771	1056	1053	874	830	552	285	95	267	210	362	260	214	473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:56PM 1.87				9:35AM 1.54					10:18PM 1.46				10:16AM 1.36				10:54PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)				3:40AM 0.69					4:07PM -0.08				4:40AM 0.69				4:52PM 0.10				5:18AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	10	12	13	12	13	13	12	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	9	8	9	10	9	12	12	10	12	13	11	10	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	12	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	15	15	15	12	-	14	11	11	11	14	10	10	9	10	10	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.9 WNW	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	8	8	9	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 18							Thursday 19
	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	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Dolphin Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	11	7	8	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1058	1521	1531	1531	1433	409	409	361	360	345	338	297	222	415	234	242	618	627	701	692	692	1715
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)						9:50PM 1.40												9:44AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)												3:41AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	13	12	12	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.8 NW
Period (s)	10	11	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	7	15	14	14	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	1.3 W	-	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	2.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	11	-	8	12	12	-	-	-	7