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.

San Diego County Surf Forecast

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: San Diego County Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, San Diego County Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, San Diego County Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, San Diego County Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: San Diego County Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: San Diego County Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, San Diego County Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, San Diego County Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, San Diego County Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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.

San Diego County Photos

San Diego County Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Blackies CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Abalone Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Exiles CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	8	14	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	20	14	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	11
Energy(?)	554	375	424	321	396	266	405	262	352	360	390	484	485	443	439	310	289	260	178	247	283	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:28PM 1.93	10:05AM 1.60		9:07PM 1.90	10:18AM 1.80		9:47PM 2.17	10:43AM 1.84		10:20PM 1.68	11:03AM 1.49		10:55PM 1.52	11:33AM 1.87		11:37PM 1.65	11:53AM 1.48		12:32AM 1.14	12:38PM 1.85		1:26AM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)	3:31AM -0.22		3:12PM 0.82	4:01AM -0.15		3:53PM 0.75	4:26AM 0.27		4:22PM 0.37	4:52AM 0.07		5:00PM 0.37		5:13AM 0.57	6:02PM 0.41		5:34AM 0.37	6:24PM 0.42		6:00AM 0.92	7:41PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	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	19	25	27	24	26	26	24	23	27	22	25	26	21	23	24	21	21	23	22	26	25	23
Low °C	18	24	26	22	25	25	23	22	25	21	23	25	20	20	24	19	19	23	20	22	25	21
Chill °C (?)	19	25	27	24	26	26	24	23	27	22	25	26	21	23	24	21	21	23	22	26	25	23
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	14	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	8	10	9	9	6	22	5	6	20	19	19	6	13	13	5	5	12	12	19	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	5	-	-	4	4	4	4	4

	Thu		Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Blackies CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	D Street CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	338	578	554	360	339	711	436	364	414	389	362	352	348	396	363	376	292	276	293	505	514	378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	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	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:39PM 2.18				10:05AM 1.60				9:07PM 1.90				10:18AM 1.80				9:44PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)				3:31AM -0.22				3:05PM 0.83				4:01AM -0.15				3:44PM 0.77				4:36AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	19	19	24	24	18	25	24	24	24	24	24	25	26	25	24	24	23	23	24	24	25
Chill °C (?)	23	19	19	24	24	18	25	24	24	24	24	24	25	26	25	24	24	23	23	24	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 NW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	8	8	16	13	9	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	16	16	13	8	16	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	9	24	10	6	6	22	21	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	6	6

	Thursday 21						Friday 22
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	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	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Blackies CAL - Orange County	Doheney Beach CAL - Orange County	D Street CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	9	8	14	13	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	290	611	630	263	395	578	299	293	364	361	360	360	334	339	270	343	296	296	279	367	447	352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				8:28PM 1.93													9:41AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)											3:31AM -0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	19	19	23	22	19	23	22	24	24	23	24	25	23	23	24	26	27	26	25	27	25
Chill °C (?)	24	19	19	23	22	19	23	22	24	24	23	24	25	23	23	24	26	27	26	25	27	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	9	8	14	9	8	9	9	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	9	13	13	9	13	16	13	16	13	13	13	13	13	8	16	8	16	16	13	13	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-