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

	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Point Loma CAL - San Diego 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	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 W	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	7	9
Energy(?)	347	526	555	466	516	502	379	383	399	367	375	284	284	356	289	303	204	165	338	460	413	451
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:08PM 0.99	4:57AM 1.19		7:09PM 1.09		5:51AM 1.74	7:32PM 1.71		6:42AM 1.82	7:40PM 1.34		7:29AM 1.40		8:06PM 2.00	8:13AM 1.41		8:30PM 2.15	8:58AM 1.83		8:57PM 1.76	9:44AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	11:42AM 0.15		11:18PM 0.84	12:20PM 0.52		12:22AM 1.20	12:50PM 0.47		1:00AM 1.01	1:18PM 0.45		1:38AM 0.79	1:53PM 0.00		2:16AM 0.56		2:14PM 0.51	2:56AM 0.35		2:50PM 0.12	3:41AM -0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	18	18	18	16	17	18	17	16	16	15	16	17	16	17	16	17	16	17	17	16
Low °C	18	19	17	17	17	16	16	18	15	15	16	14	14	16	15	15	16	15	15	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	18	18	16	16	18	16	15	15	13	16	16	16	17	15	17	15	16	16	16
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	7:14	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 W	0.7 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 SSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 SSW	1.5 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	6	6	16	6	7	15	6	8	14	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 S	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	8	12	7	13	7	11	12	11	10	10	14	13	13	16	15	12	15	14	16	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 W	-	0.7 W	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	1.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	-	-	7	-	4	7	7	-	5	-	-	6	-	-	7	-	-	8	-	-

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	K-38 Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	547	600	548	347	432	498	549	580	576	569	573	466	442	455	430	510	439	432	426	379	364	370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:20AM 1.14					7:25PM 1.51			4:47AM 1.67					7:23PM 1.59				5:49AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)					11:42AM 0.15				11:31PM 1.36				12:24PM 0.08				12:22AM 1.20				12:56PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1
Temp. °C	17	17	17	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	5	5	13	15	15	8	8	8	12	12	12	7	12	13	7	7	7	7	7	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.4 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

	Friday 10
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	K-38 Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	15	18	15	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	605	548	547	449	600	449	316	419	419	449	506	347	414	347	347	432	514	526	532	560	573	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					3:20AM 1.14																7:08PM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)													11:42AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	18	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	18	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	15	18	15	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 W	0.6 SW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	14	14	15	4	15	4	8	8	15	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-