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 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange 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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte
Rating	1	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	1.5 WNW	1.0 NW	0.4 S	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	11	14	13	13	12	12	12	9	11	9	13	15	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	14
Energy(?)	157	89	176	480	645	259	110	58	96	57	35	431	696	106	1084	1354	1492	1839	2433	2142	296	426
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:54AM 2.08		10:55PM 1.13	9:44AM 1.96		12:41AM 1.11	10:39AM 2.20		1:12AM 1.56	11:35AM 1.97		2:34AM 1.53	12:52PM 1.64		3:27AM 1.62		2:08PM 1.53	3:59AM 1.80		3:42PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	2:36AM 0.63		4:31PM -0.47	3:27AM 0.68		5:18PM -0.33		4:26AM 1.16	6:11PM 0.17		5:39AM 1.22		7:20PM 0.29	7:26AM 1.18		8:11PM 0.45	9:05AM 1.16		8:51PM 0.64	10:28AM 0.98		9:42PM 0.36
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	18	17	15	15	18	18	21	21	21	22	17	17	21	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	21
Low °C	16	17	16	15	15	17	18	19	21	21	22	17	17	21	18	18	18	18	17	18	20	19
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	14	15	18	18	21	21	21	22	17	17	21	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	21
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	0.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	12	11	8	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	13	13	16	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	1.0 NW	0.4 S	1.1 NW	0.4 S	0.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	13	11	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	16	13	15	8	14	19	17	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Fri		Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	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	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	11	13	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	127	157	211	157	118	136	146	78	263	261	233	674	645	645	638	629	241	302	288	232	229	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:00PM 1.15	10:18PM 1.14			8:54AM 2.08					11:09PM 1.54			9:57AM 2.27					12:12AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)				2:36AM 0.63					4:26PM -0.10			3:34AM 1.07					5:26PM 0.02				4:29AM 1.16
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	16	16	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	20
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	16	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05							Saturday 06
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	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	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	14	12	12	14
Energy(?)	107	134	207	125	161	157	133	103	187	187	172	316	377	388	435	435	136	170	166	193	189	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						10:00PM 1.15	10:42PM 1.13											9:01AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)											2:36AM 1.05
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	16	17	17	17	15	17	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	17	17	17	15	17	17	17	17	14	14	14	14	14	17	17	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	12	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	6	6	14	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-