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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	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wed
	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	Blackies CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Haggerty's CAL - LA County	Popotla Baja Norte	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	La Jolla Cove CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Scripps Pier CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	0	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	7	13	18	12	6	6	12	13	13
Energy(?)	221	392	439	331	460	445	566	1017	912	1104	726	201	122	305	73	194	137	201	267	545	1939	1583
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:58PM 1.68		5:01AM 1.77	4:24PM 1.64		5:42AM 1.77	5:15PM 1.26		5:52AM 1.59	6:07PM 1.24		6:19AM 2.05			6:42AM 2.11		7:43PM 1.55	7:05AM 2.15		8:12PM 1.15	7:30AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)			10:08PM 0.49	10:54AM 1.03		11:03PM 0.16	11:58AM 0.80		11:27PM 0.26	12:27PM 0.30		11:57PM 0.34		1:35PM 0.15	12:23AM 0.43		1:36PM 0.05	12:47AM 0.89		2:08PM -0.03	1:11AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	6	9	9	1	10	2	2	5	3	6	9	2	3	-	1
High °C	19	19	19	18	19	19	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	17	16	17	16	16	16	16
Low °C	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	18	19	19	20	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	15	16	14	16	16	15	14	16
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	10	9	13	7	7	7	6	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	18	18	13	13	13	9	9	15	6	5	13	13	9	13	12	12	12	16	6	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	1.2 SW	0.3 W	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	7	2	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Friday 14
	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	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Blackies CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego 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	Calafia Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Marisol North Point Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	K-38 Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	539	502	313	344	368	337	694	443	439	427	597	449	387	425	437	528	445	528	529	581	708	1017
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			4:30AM 1.69			3:08PM 1.34					4:53AM 1.38				4:12PM 1.29				5:31AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)				9:38AM 1.22					10:04PM 0.12				10:54AM 1.03				10:51PM 0.18				11:45AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	5
Temp. °C	17	18	17	20	20	19	18	19	18	18	19	20	20	18	19	20	19	17	17	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	20	20	19	18	19	18	18	19	20	20	18	19	20	19	17	16	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	14	14	10	14	14	14	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 W	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	10	9	14	18	18	18	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	10	9	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 12
	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	Dana Point CAL - Orange County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Agate and Pearl Street CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Blackies CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego 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	Calafia Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Marisol North Point Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	K-38 Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	475	553	375	426	536	321	830	435	345	327	312	297	344	296	346	419	392	437	437	445	444	472
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							4:37AM 1.57										2:53PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)												9:30AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	17	21	20	19	19	18	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	16	17	17	16	18	18	18	19	19	20	17	21	20	19	19	18	19	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	11	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	18	10	10	18	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.2 W	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	3