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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	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tue
	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	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Point Loma CAL - San Diego County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Palos Verde - Bluff Cove CAL - LA County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	K-38 Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte	El Morro Point (K371/2) Baja Norte
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	16	16	16	15	15	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	15
Energy(?)	663	677	559	220	255	143	204	219	265	202	171	144	168	170	95	129	149	35	86	112	104	113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 1.19	2:12AM 1.87		6:54PM 1.31	3:53AM 1.82		7:20PM 1.43		5:24AM 1.84	7:34PM 1.66		6:25AM 1.99	7:49PM 1.27		7:14AM 1.56		8:51PM 1.37	8:05AM 2.03		8:41PM 1.49	8:39AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	9:08AM 0.42	6:19PM 1.19		10:45AM 0.39		9:08PM 1.29	12:00PM 0.32		11:28PM 1.21	12:54PM 0.26		12:35AM 1.10	1:25PM 0.26		1:26AM 0.40		2:02PM -0.19	2:37AM 0.25		2:30PM 0.33	2:47AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	16	21	21	17	22	22	20	23	22	21	20	23	16	22	21	18	20	20	17	18
Low °C	14	15	15	19	21	16	20	22	20	20	22	20	19	22	15	19	21	17	17	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	14	16	16	21	21	17	22	22	20	23	22	21	20	23	15	22	21	18	20	20	17	18
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	16	16	16	15	10	10	9	11	11	13	13	5	13	6	12	12	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	16	11	13	8	9	15	14	14	14	14	6	10	13	6	12	5	5	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.4 W	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Tuesday 24						Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
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	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	Calafia Baja Norte	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	10	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	677	663	720	677	784	770	559	524	517	503	263	263	260	293	272	215	218	233	164	173	234	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					5:09PM 1.19			2:12AM 1.87					6:35PM 1.39			3:42AM 1.40					6:56PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)		9:08AM 0.42			6:19PM 1.19					10:45AM 0.39				8:58PM 0.85					11:47AM 0.37
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	21	19	19	19	18	19	20	17	22	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	21	19	19	19	18	19	20	17	22	21	21	20
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 W	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	11	11	8	11	11	11	9	15	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	8	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-

	Tuesday 24																		Wednesday 25
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
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	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	Calafia Baja Norte	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	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Energy(?)	546	677	677	670	670	663	730	727	720	720	340	339	340	358	357	357	353	224	327	318	269	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												4:27PM 1.26									1:56AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)					9:08AM 0.42									6:16PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-