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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	Mon		Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	North Scripps CAL - San Diego County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	21	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	16	16	12	15	14	14	13	14	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1334	713	773	1206	1114	1014	1787	655	917	338	174	79	179	157	89	192	182	161	244	283	142	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 1.41		6:11AM 2.22		7:42PM 1.43	6:43AM 2.47		8:26PM 1.59	7:29AM 2.12		9:18PM 1.58	8:11AM 2.57		10:10PM 1.53	8:58AM 2.52		11:09PM 1.54	9:47AM 2.39		12:30AM 1.42	10:49AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		11:39PM 0.80		1:10PM 0.14	12:23AM 0.87		2:00PM -0.05	1:06AM 0.94		2:46PM -0.15	1:49AM 1.00		3:35PM -0.16	2:33AM 1.03		4:26PM -0.10	3:28AM 1.10		5:34PM -0.00		4:34AM 1.13	6:27PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	17	16	15	17	15	16	17	19	18	18	17	17	18	17	16	19	18	17	19	20
Low °C	15	16	17	15	15	16	15	16	16	18	16	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	18	20
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	16	15	17	15	16	17	19	18	18	17	17	18	17	16	19	18	17	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	4:50	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	16	12	12	15	12	11	13	13	13	12	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.3 WNW	0.8 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	22	21	11	11	11	10	5	5	8	7	13	13	13	12	14	14	11	14	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 01				Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thu
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	El Morro Point (K371/2) Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia 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
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	21	22	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1008	1334	1381	644	2163	849	1101	1212	756	1115	1062	1241	1171	1081	1090	1014	1003	1023	1894	1682	1376	1221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:40PM 1.41				6:05AM 2.34					7:28PM 1.57			6:43AM 2.47					8:39PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	12:36PM 0.37				11:39PM 0.80					1:10PM 0.14			12:19AM 0.89					1:57PM -0.04				1:08AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	16	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	16	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	12	22	21	22	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	10	14	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 01													Tuesday 02
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	El Morro Point (K371/2) Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia 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
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19
Energy(?)	1014	1011	1008	428	1346	423	468	606	387	81	407	644	634	398	700	482	676	676	2162	2337	2599	2486
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)									6:26PM 1.17												6:11AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)			12:36PM 0.37											11:31PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	16	15	15	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	16	15	15	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	20	20	19	19	19	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	22	12	12	22	12	12	22	22	21	21	21	21	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-