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

	Fri	Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	La Jolla Shores CAL - San Diego County	Popotla Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	La Jolla Cove CAL - San Diego County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Alfonsos Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	3	4	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	4	4	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.9 W	2.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	12	18	8	12	12	11	15	8	11	14	14	13	18	16	15
Energy(?)	1263	762	460	301	253	273	138	78	168	850	2203	473	516	131	249	248	91	91	162	1743	942	2239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:07AM 1.86	6:29PM 1.47		6:19AM 2.05			6:42AM 2.11		7:46PM 1.57	7:11AM 2.18		8:26PM 1.56	7:36AM 2.21		8:57PM 1.11	7:57AM 2.19		9:45PM 1.49	8:17AM 1.76		10:14PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)	11:32PM 0.63	12:40PM 0.63		11:55PM 0.75		1:13PM 0.14	12:23AM 0.43		1:34PM 0.38	12:50AM 0.91		2:08PM -0.03	1:16AM 0.98		2:49PM -0.10	1:44AM 0.65		3:13PM 0.23	2:09AM 1.10		3:49PM -0.07	2:26AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	30	39	3	7	2	-	1	3	21	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	2	9	19
High °C	18	17	17	16	17	17	16	17	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	15	16	15	15	17	16	17
Low °C	17	16	16	15	16	17	16	17	15	14	15	16	15	16	16	15	16	14	15	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	18	16	17	16	16	17	16	16	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	16	14	16
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 W	2.5 NW	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	13	13	12	10	9	12	7	12	12	8	12	7	11	10	8	11	14	14	13	18	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	5	13	6	18	12	16	12	15	15	14	14	6	6	10	10	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.9 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	-	6	-	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	5	-

	Fri		Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	La Jolla Shores CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Scripps Pier CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	13	13	12
Energy(?)	4615	4217	3705	1078	946	680	565	574	598	545	301	200	314	230	291	255	268	251	248	124	89	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:34PM 1.49				5:57AM 1.97				6:18PM 1.58				6:19AM 2.05					7:04PM 1.58			6:40AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			11:32PM 0.63				12:27PM 0.30				12:01AM 0.76					1:13PM 0.16			12:23AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	2	29	7	20	2	1	1	3	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	17	17	17	18	17	17	15	16	17	16	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	18	17	16	15	15	17	16	15	15	14	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	12	12	13	10	6	10	9	12	5	12	11	11	6	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	8	14	6	5	13	13	6	13	6	12	13	13	13	13	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SE	-	0.4 S	1.4 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	3	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 14							Saturday 15
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	La Jolla Shores CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Scripps Pier CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	4996	4981	4615	1303	1313	1415	856	1274	1260	1223	928	669	1066	731	911	639	828	820	819	340	565	565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 1.49													6:08AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)								11:23PM 0.66													12:27PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	2	4	6	6	3	5	7	8	10	5	-
High °C	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	18	19	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	18	19	18	18	18	16	17	16	16	16	16	14	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	6	6	6