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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	Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Mon
	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	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Imperial Beach CAL - San Diego County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	K-38 Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Big Rock CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	3	0	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	2.4 NW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	9	9	15	7	9	8	8	8	11	11	14	12	11	10	11	9	9	7	7
Energy(?)	79	67	179	118	132	128	251	567	540	337	242	862	1065	1613	1241	706	340	1420	84	179	33	21
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:25PM 1.05	9:50AM 1.64		12:09AM 1.07	10:29AM 1.53		12:54AM 1.12	11:16AM 1.37		1:57AM 1.20	12:20PM 1.18		2:34AM 1.77		1:48PM 1.40	3:12AM 1.87		3:45PM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)		5:07PM 0.25	3:44AM 0.75		5:26PM 0.31		4:33AM 0.78	6:07PM -0.02		5:38AM 0.80	6:36PM 0.50		7:06AM 0.77		7:24PM 0.64	8:48AM 0.65		8:02PM 0.76	10:19AM 0.43		9:10PM 0.90	11:24AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	10	26	4	8	5	1	4	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	16	17	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	16
Low °C	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	16	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	18	17	15	17	15	16	14	15	15	16	16	16
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	4:46	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	2.4 NW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	9	15	14	9	8	8	8	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	9	9	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.6 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	15	4	16	16	15	8	13	13	9	13	8	7	12	14	12	15	15	10	14	14	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	-	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	-	-	7	4	5	7	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

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	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	Bolsa Chica CAL - Orange County	Bolsa Chica CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Imperial Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Popotla Baja Norte
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	15	15	15	15	14	7	8	8	9
Energy(?)	74	74	103	79	145	67	77	86	80	126	152	170	114	109	119	134	110	110	291	696	1044	567
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	on	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:16PM 1.48			9:15AM 1.71					11:25PM 1.05								12:18AM 1.48				10:48AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		3:17AM 1.20					4:52PM -0.15			3:44AM 0.75					5:35PM 0.32				4:33AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	29	3	3
Temp. °C	15	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	18	19	17	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	17	16	16	17	15	18	19	16	14	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 S	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	5	9	5	14	14	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	4	14	15	11	4	4	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	9	15	9	8	8	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.6 SSW	-	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	5	5	-	7	8	8	-

	Sun	Monday 22
	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	Bolsa Chica CAL - Orange County	Bolsa Chica CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Imperial Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	South Carlsbad State Beach CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Popotla Baja Norte
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	72	74	117	117	163	97	104	103	103	103	148	133	78	70	99	68	166	166	66	80	87	146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		11:16PM 1.48										9:30AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)						3:04AM 0.73													4:52PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	4	4	4	15	15	4	4	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-