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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	Sat	Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Anderson Street CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 W	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	17	17	16	15	15	14	17	16	16	14	14	14	16	16	7	7	15	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1423	162	291	183	243	384	465	649	502	352	351	394	334	429	434	868	778	715	566	520	620	326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:31AM 1.44	11:00AM 2.08		2:30AM 1.36	12:07PM 1.89		3:47AM 1.45		1:42PM 1.58		4:12AM 1.26	2:56PM 1.67		5:01AM 1.77	4:18PM 1.62		5:37AM 1.91	5:15PM 1.26		5:52AM 1.59	6:07PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		4:26AM 1.17	6:58PM 0.18		5:47AM 1.26		8:09PM 0.28	7:41AM 1.34		9:04PM 0.07	9:30AM 0.84		10:04PM 0.12	10:54AM 1.03		10:46PM 0.57	11:52AM 0.85		11:35PM 0.26	12:27PM 0.30		12:06AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	10	6	-	-	-
High °C	17	23	23	25	27	24	23	23	20	19	21	20	18	19	17	15	16	14	15	18	19	16
Low °C	17	21	22	22	27	23	21	23	20	18	21	19	17	18	16	14	15	14	14	17	18	15
Chill °C (?)	17	23	23	25	27	24	23	23	20	19	21	20	18	19	16	13	14	13	13	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	13	13	17	12	15	15	15	12	12	16	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	7	6	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	11	16	12	12	14	17	16	10	11	18	10	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	-	0.6 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	4	-	3	7	7	7	-	-	3	-

	Sat		Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	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	Alfonsos 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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	12
Energy(?)	390	1478	1423	1238	1185	1101	977	207	243	271	270	380	233	243	260	272	445	384	600	445	519	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:56AM 1.33				11:00AM 2.08					2:05AM 1.45			11:55AM 1.98					3:13AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)	5:33PM 0.09				4:26AM 1.17				7:00PM -0.21				5:33AM 0.91					7:53PM -0.00				7:41AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	20	20	22	23	24	24	27	27	26	23	24	23	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	20	20	22	23	24	24	27	27	26	23	24	23	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	12	12	12	8	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	3	-	-	-

	Saturday 08							Sunday 09
	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	Alfonsos 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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.8 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	13	18	18	13	18	18	18	17	13	18	12	18	17	17
Energy(?)	450	1768	1741	1657	1617	1478	1477	110	285	117	116	406	116	101	143	133	261	176	361	244	242	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									12:45AM 1.15										10:51AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		5:51PM 0.07											4:17AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	18	20	19	20	21	22	24	21	24	24	22
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	19	19	18	20	19	20	21	22	24	21	24	24	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	8	13	13	13	13	18	12	18	17	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	13	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	11	17	12	12	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-