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

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	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	K-38 Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	La Jolla Cove CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	La Jolla Cove CAL - San Diego County
Rating	6	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	18	16	14	14	13	14	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	13	12
Energy(?)	5195	2238	1661	1099	811	546	745	898	344	667	863	752	1764	2426	1782	1788	1994	714	671	482	726	824
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:55PM 1.34	9:27AM 2.26		10:52PM 1.68	10:18AM 1.93		11:09PM 1.83	10:47AM 1.82		11:40PM 1.83	11:49AM 1.27		12:14AM 1.81	12:22PM 1.35		12:52AM 1.77		2:03PM 1.17	2:04AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		3:42PM -0.40	3:24AM 0.31		4:29PM 0.17		4:18AM 0.78	4:58PM 0.34		4:55AM 0.81	5:10PM 0.54		6:06AM 0.41	5:29PM 0.73		6:53AM 0.89	5:51PM 0.92		8:25AM 0.90	5:55PM 1.08		10:47AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	19	26	25	22	21	22	26	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	18	18	18	18
Low °C	15	18	17	23	21	21	21	21	22	19	18	17	18	17	16	17	16	15	16	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	26	25	22	21	22	26	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	16	14	14	13	14	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 S	0.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.6 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	13	14	20	18	13	16	11	18	18	13	12	14	12	16	13	16	20	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange 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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	K-38 Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.1 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	18
Energy(?)	1905	1204	1099	2331	5537	5037	4175	3685	1661	1442	1262	1099	595	811	791	644	546	465	364	363	690	898
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:47AM 2.41					10:05PM 1.78			9:27AM 2.26					10:37PM 1.82				10:18AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40AM 0.35				3:57PM 0.03				3:22AM 0.80					4:15PM 0.17				4:08AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	18	17	19	22	23	26	21	22	22	21	22	26	21	21
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	18	17	19	22	23	26	21	22	22	21	22	26	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.1 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 02
	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange 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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	K-38 Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	1177	838	953	2082	5447	5314	5317	5570	2226	2199	2360	2331	1712	2274	2246	2271	2238	2238	2210	2182	4175	3875
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											8:47AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)					2:44AM 0.82													3:43PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	18	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	18	14	14	14	15	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	16	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	19	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-