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

	Mon		Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Popotla Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Baja Malibu Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	1.2 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	16	9	6	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	13	12	12	13	11	10	10	7	13	13
Energy(?)	63	101	99	132	184	776	1156	556	295	375	960	1331	2212	1406	678	753	803	571	362	36	29	17
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		11:25PM 1.05	9:57AM 2.08		12:42AM 1.50	10:29AM 1.53		12:54AM 1.12	11:34AM 1.80		1:42AM 1.19	12:27PM 1.61		2:34AM 1.77		1:55PM 1.00	3:17AM 1.44		3:45PM 0.91		4:03AM 1.59	5:19PM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)	4:52PM 0.25	3:44AM 0.75		5:35PM 0.32		4:33AM 0.78	6:07PM -0.02		5:55AM 1.26	6:46PM 0.08		7:12AM 1.21		7:24PM 0.64	8:48AM 0.65		8:16PM 0.33	10:32AM 0.85		9:10PM 0.90	11:28AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	44	21	7	2	2	4	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	17	18	17	18	17	18	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	18	19
Low °C	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	18	17	15	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	17	17	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	8	14	14	8	8	8	11	11	13	12	12	13	11	10	10	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.3 NW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	16	16	15	15	8	15	9	8	13	12	12	12	12	15	15	10	9	9	12	3	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 S	1.2 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	2	4	6	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

	Monday 22				Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24								Thu
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Popotla Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	9	15	15	15	15	6	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	145	67	148	106	98	126	144	99	65	106	106	94	110	356	350	320	622	568	888	382	556	428
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					12:02AM 1.47			9:50AM 1.64	10:12AM 2.10				12:18AM 1.48				10:29AM 1.53				12:54AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)			4:52PM 0.25			3:44AM 0.75					5:29PM -0.09				4:33AM 0.78				6:07PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	18	2	4	1	3	1
Temp. °C	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	17	18	18	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	15	15	16	14	15	16	17	16	16	18	18	17	18	16	17	17	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	4	9	9	15	14	7	14	8	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	4	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	9	15	15	8	8	14	8	10	10	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	-	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	-	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	-	5	5	6	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 22													Tuesday 23
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Burnout CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	Popotla Baja Norte	Beacons CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre - Trails CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	10
Energy(?)	146	78	145	129	67	67	66	80	85	77	86	106	141	128	101	126	126	96	124	93	144	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														11:47PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)							4:52PM -0.15											3:57AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	16	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	11	11	11	11	4	4	4	11	4	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	-	0.4 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-