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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	Fri		Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Fri
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Birdrock CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Birdrock CAL - San Diego County	Imperial Beach CAL - San Diego County	Burnout CAL - LA County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	0.8 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	13	13	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	16	16	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	3455	2757	2588	1890	282	162	254	183	234	382	244	297	429	483	348	410	334	388	384	333	552	688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:13PM 1.49	9:55AM 2.35		12:56AM 1.33	11:00AM 2.08		2:30AM 1.36	12:07PM 1.89		3:47AM 1.45		1:32PM 1.71		4:37AM 1.57	3:16PM 1.45		5:01AM 1.77	4:12PM 1.29		5:40AM 1.56	5:24PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	4:42PM -0.32	3:28AM 1.09		5:33PM 0.09		4:26AM 1.17	6:58PM 0.18		5:47AM 1.26		8:09PM 0.28	7:52AM 1.28		9:16PM 0.37	9:48AM 1.16		10:11PM 0.45	10:54AM 1.03		10:51PM 0.18	12:09PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	18	20	22	21	24	25	23	24	24	22	21	22	21	20	22	21	19	20	20
Low °C	17	17	17	18	19	22	20	22	24	23	20	23	21	20	22	20	19	21	19	18	20	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	18	20	22	21	24	25	23	24	24	22	21	22	21	20	22	21	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	15	15	11	13	16	16	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 W	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	19	18	17	17	16	12	12	15	14	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	-	-	-

	Friday 07				Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Mon
	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	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos 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	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Birdrock CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	0.5 SW	1.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	17	12	17	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	959	1241	1043	892	2757	2479	2717	2588	2230	1890	1741	1493	1412	1238	1185	275	977	207	282	271	247	265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					11:34PM 1.37				10:05AM 2.24				12:56AM 1.33				11:00AM 2.08					2:05AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			4:33PM -0.01			3:34AM 1.07					5:51PM 0.07				4:26AM 1.17				6:39PM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	22	19	22	22	23	22	23
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	22	19	22	22	23	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 NW	0.6 W	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 07													Saturday 08
	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	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos 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	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Birdrock CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.2 W	2.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	8	9	13
Energy(?)	1084	1575	1554	1425	3831	3455	3408	3123	3033	3033	2815	2774	2774	2757	2757	545	2516	28	154	150	265	27
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)														11:34PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)							4:49PM -0.03											3:28AM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	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	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	20	20	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	20	20	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.2 W	2.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	8	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-