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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	Fri		Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	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	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Burnout CAL - LA County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	7	12	11	11	21	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	242	294	300	131	98	56	114	63	85	150	49	106	439	525	436	533	502	455	488	412	364	412
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:56PM 1.65	11:16AM 1.49		10:55PM 1.41	12:05PM 1.30		11:52PM 1.51		2:11PM 1.17	12:08AM 1.26			1:17AM 1.17			3:34AM 1.72			7:12PM 0.95	4:45AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	4:26PM 0.73		5:18AM 0.63	4:29PM 0.38		6:06AM 0.71	4:38PM 1.05		7:39AM 0.32	4:08PM 1.16		9:16AM 0.79			10:58AM 0.24			11:51AM 0.12		10:50PM 0.84	12:22PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	22	24	20	27	26	16	16	17	16	15	15	14	17	21	22	26	25	24	21	21
Low °C	19	17	20	21	18	24	17	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	20	20	24	23	20	21	18
Chill °C (?)	20	19	22	24	20	27	26	16	16	17	15	14	15	14	16	21	22	26	25	24	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	5:50	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	13	6	6	6	7	7	11	11	11	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	11	12	10	4	4	12	5	11	21	11	11	12	12	11	15	4	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	11	4	-	-

	Friday 06				Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Mon
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	Imperial Beach CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1566	295	493	238	211	371	310	209	210	260	305	88	98	73	52	56	67	66	107	101	63	604
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
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)	10:44AM 1.55				10:31PM 1.47				11:16AM 1.07				10:55PM 1.41				12:18PM 1.32				11:29PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			4:18PM 0.74				5:14AM 0.63				4:37PM 0.40				6:00AM 0.24				4:43PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	19	18	18	17	17	21	22	24	23	21	19	18	19	24	27	26	20	22	15	17
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	18	18	17	16	21	22	24	23	21	19	18	19	24	27	26	20	22	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	12	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	4	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	1.1 NW	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	-	0.5 ESE	0.3 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	4	11	3	3	3	3	3	-	4	8	-	-

	Friday 06													Saturday 07
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	Imperial Beach CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1606	384	509	239	242	468	466	342	347	436	441	111	236	217	211	211	255	195	351	171	310	873
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:44AM 1.55												10:31PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)							4:15PM 0.74													5:11AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	20	20	20	21	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	16	20	20	20	21	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	15	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	3	-	4