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

	Thu		Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Blackies CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	2	3	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	3	2	3	4	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.0 W	2.4 NW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	11	8	11	11	12	12	11	13	12	12	5	16	12	12	11	21	21	20	19	19	17	17
Energy(?)	342	461	245	1517	174	138	131	114	57	76	83	71	38	95	26	411	371	424	1119	452	441	523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)		10:31PM 1.69	10:28AM 1.22		10:31PM 1.47	11:12AM 1.48		11:04PM 1.91	12:32PM 0.83		11:29PM 1.83			12:28AM 1.65			1:48AM 1.60			3:25AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	4:09PM 0.60		4:38AM 0.12	4:15PM 0.74		5:14AM 0.63	4:31PM 0.90		6:40AM 0.27	5:08PM 0.59		7:08AM 0.31			9:16AM 0.79			10:58AM 0.24			11:51AM 0.12
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	20	17	18	16	19	22	23	20	26	24	21	20	19	15	16	16	14	16	14	15	17	18
Low °C	18	17	17	16	19	20	21	18	24	21	19	20	17	15	16	15	14	16	14	15	17	16
Chill °C (?)	20	17	18	16	19	22	23	20	26	24	21	20	19	15	16	16	14	16	13	15	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	5:50	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.0 W	2.4 NW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	1.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	8	11	11	12	12	11	11	6	12	5	6	5	12	5	11	21	20	10	19	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.3 W	0.6 WNW	1.0 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	15	12	12	12	5	11	21	11	11	19	11	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11

	Thursday 05				Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sun
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Dolphin Street CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	K-38 Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	1	3	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.7 NW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	11	11	13	11	13	12
Energy(?)	865	497	497	647	219	620	600	554	254	219	470	236	1156	1095	306	92	731	131	90	271	114	73
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	10:06AM 1.91				10:06PM 1.51				10:56AM 1.20				10:47PM 1.83				11:29AM 1.36				10:55PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			4:02PM 0.06				4:31AM 0.58				4:15PM 0.74				5:14AM 0.63				4:47PM 0.94
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	17	17	17	17	17	20	18	18	16	18	16	17	17	21	19	23	23	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	18	16	17	17	17	17	20	18	18	16	18	16	17	17	21	19	23	23	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.7 NW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	11	11	13	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	7	13	13	11	12	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	-	0.5 N	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	3	3	-	3	3

	Thursday 05													Friday 06
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Dolphin Street CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	K-38 Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	1	3	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	2.0 WNW	1.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.0 W	3.0 NW	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.6 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	10	11	11	11	10	6	6	11	6	10	10	8	8	10	8	7	11	8	8
Energy(?)	304	359	435	1512	338	1630	1628	523	227	242	647	414	1671	1735	457	192	1790	252	147	610	229	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:06AM 1.91												10:22PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)						3:55PM 0.57													4:47AM 0.61
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	16	17	20	17	17	17	18	18	17	18	14	14	17	19	14	17	18	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	16	20	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	11	12	17	19	12	17	18	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.4 WNW	1.0 W	3.0 NW	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.6 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	11	9	9	10	11	11	11	10	15	15	11	6	15	15	8	8	10	8	7	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	11	11	11	16	15	15	15	11	11	15	15	13	13	11	11	15	11	11	14	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	1.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	10	-	11	11	-	6	6	-	6	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-