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

7 day 48 hour

	Thursday 03			Friday 04			Saturday 05			Sunday 06			Monday 07			Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			Thu
	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	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Ben Weston (Catalina Island) CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Calafia Baja Norte	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Calafia Baja Norte	Coronado Beaches CAL - San Diego County	Alfonsos Baja Norte	Alfonsos Baja Norte
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	18	18	13	16	16	16
Energy(?)	328	302	314	268	334	387	154	277	265	469	306	644	457	405	325	261	197	152	137	91	161	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:01PM		6:02AM	5:28PM		7:11AM	6:07PM		8:22AM	6:45PM	4:48PM	9:03AM	7:23PM		9:26AM	8:00PM	8:28PM		1:57PM	2:37AM
Low Tide / height (m)	9:38AM		12:12AM	10:26AM	9:36AM	1:07AM	11:13AM		1:48AM	12:13PM		2:20AM	1:00PM		2:59AM	1:39PM		4:04AM	5:58AM		9:49PM	6:46AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	19	17	20	20	19	17	22	19	21	22	20	21	21	20	22	25	22	24	23	22	23
Low °C	13	18	16	18	20	19	17	22	19	20	21	19	19	21	19	20	24	21	22	23	20	21
Chill °C (?)	13	19	17	20	20	19	17	22	19	21	22	20	21	21	20	22	25	22	24	23	22	23
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	15	15	14	15	15	7	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	6	13	13	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	8	6	8	7	7	14	19	18	7	13	7	7	19	6	6	18	13	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	-	7	7	6	-	6	-	6	6	7	-

	Thursday 03	Friday 04	Saturday 05
	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	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	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
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	9	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	255	328	251	302	339	322	314	249	246	268	334	334	334	387	387	361	341	154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)				4:48PM 1.81					5:43AM 0.85				5:28PM 1.87				7:11AM 0.87	8:02AM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)		9:48AM 0.88					12:12AM 0.44			10:26AM 1.05					1:07AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	19	18	17	17	16	16	18	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	17
Chill °C (?)	15	12	19	18	17	17	16	16	18	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	17
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:58	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	16	9	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	16	8	8	6	6	6	18	18	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-