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

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	San Antonio Del Mar Baja Norte	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	2.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.4 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	14	13	16	13	12	15	11	11	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	15
Energy(?)	1014	2030	677	916	257	120	28	180	207	130	238	479	665	312	287	58	96	72	35	134	187	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:24PM 1.59	7:28AM 2.57		9:18PM 1.58	8:20AM 2.45		10:31PM 1.43	9:08AM 2.40		11:12PM 1.54	9:57AM 2.27		12:25AM 1.24	11:02AM 1.98		1:12AM 1.56	11:34AM 1.58		2:34AM 1.66	12:41PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		1:57PM -0.04	1:03AM 0.95		2:46PM -0.15	1:49AM 1.00		3:50PM -0.17	2:42AM 1.02		4:42PM -0.11	3:31AM 1.10		5:34PM -0.00		4:48AM 0.78	6:19PM 0.17		5:34AM 0.79		7:22PM 0.32	7:12AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	17	17	18	17	18	17	16	15	16	15	15	18	18	21	21	21	22	21	20	20
Low °C	16	15	16	16	17	16	18	16	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	19	21	20	22	21	19	20
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	17	18	17	18	16	16	15	16	15	15	18	18	21	21	21	22	21	20	20
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	4:50	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	2.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 W
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	13	16	12	12	15	11	11	8	13	13	12	12	12	11	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	10	12	5	8	14	13	4	13	12	14	13	14	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Popotla Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia 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	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	13	16	16	12	16
Energy(?)	1191	1133	1090	1119	1035	1023	1894	1514	1383	1230	1056	597	703	629	226	201	203	230	82	107	56	95
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:43AM 2.47					8:39PM 1.45				7:28AM 2.57				9:38PM 1.31				8:07AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)	12:19AM 0.89					1:57PM -0.04				1:08AM 0.93				3:00PM -0.15				1:49AM 1.00				3:35PM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	19	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	19	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	4	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	12	10	6	8	8	8	14	7	7	14	14	16	4	12	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	4

	Tue	Wednesday 03
	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	Popotla Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia 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	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1214	1217	1191	1357	1107	1081	2759	2455	2452	2424	2528	1119	2299	2268	650	651	659	1023	344	270	171	828
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									6:51AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)			12:19AM 0.89														2:04PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 WSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	5	10	5	5	10	10	5	12	5	5	5	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-