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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	Mon	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	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	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Horseshoe CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Imperial Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Corona Del Mar Jetty CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County
Rating	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	21	19	18	17	16	15	15	13	13	16	16	12	15	14	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	8
Energy(?)	713	718	1206	1114	1014	1781	676	120	351	174	79	178	157	89	207	232	161	272	110	57	95	376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:02AM 2.33		7:42PM 1.43	6:45AM 2.48		8:53PM 1.16	7:29AM 2.12		9:18PM 1.58	8:11AM 2.57		10:10PM 1.53	8:58AM 2.52		11:09PM 1.54	9:57AM 2.27		12:30AM 1.42	10:49AM 2.09		1:15AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	11:39PM 0.80		1:23PM 0.13	12:23AM 0.87		2:00PM -0.05	1:35AM 0.57		2:46PM -0.15	1:49AM 1.00		3:35PM -0.16	2:33AM 1.03		4:26PM -0.10	3:28AM 1.10		5:34PM -0.00		4:34AM 1.13	6:27PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	19	20	18	18	17	17	18	18	16	18	18	18	20	20	17
Low °C	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	17	18	16	17	17	16	17	17	16	17	17	18	18	19	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	19	20	18	18	17	17	18	18	16	18	18	18	20	20	17
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	11	19	18	17	16	15	15	13	13	16	12	12	15	12	11	11	14	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	21	11	11	11	10	5	5	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Mon		Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	El Morro Point (K371/2) Baja Norte	Calafia 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
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	21	22	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1448	644	2163	2268	1101	1212	892	848	1128	1241	1171	1081	1057	1014	1003	1023	1894	1502	1378	1230	1039	625
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	6:40PM 1.41				6:05AM 2.34					7:28PM 1.57			6:40AM 2.44					8:39PM 1.45				7:28AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)			11:39PM 0.80					1:22PM -0.20			12:19AM 0.89					1:57PM -0.04				1:08AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	15	15	16	17	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	15	16	17	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	21	22	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	10	6	8	8	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 01							Tuesday 02
	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	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	El Morro Point (K371/2) Baja Norte	Calafia 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
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	1323	569	1448	1394	640	636	398	540	700	700	849	676	670	664	807	790	2648	2653	2839	2809	2981	1229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:40PM 1.41												6:02AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)								11:50PM 0.41														1:12PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	22	12	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-