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Santa Ana River Jetties Seasonal Surf Averages
Swell Consistency and Wind Overview
This graph shows the percentage of days that had a ridable wind swell (7 seconds period or more) or groundswell (10 seconds period or more) of over 3ft. It also shows the dominant wind direction. Not all of these days will neccessarily give great surf, and very short lived wind swells or longer period secondary swells may produce surf not recorded, but it gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend and a rough guide to the chances of scoring something ridable.
Monthly Overview
Understanding this DataThese swell averages are calculated ONLY on swells of more than 7 seconds period. This means this is the average height of a swell that's likely to produce ridable surf NOT an average of every wave heading toward the beach in a month. Likewise the period is the average period OVER 7 seconds. There will be days that have short period wind swells that won't produce and ridable swell and these are excluded from the averages. The consistency figure gives the percentage of days that meet this condition. For example if the consistency is 50% you could expect the 'average' swell for about 15 days in the month. Of course an average tells only part of the story. A combination of very large and very small swells may produce the same average as a consistent medium sized swell. |
Monthly DataJanuaryFebruary March April May June July August September October November December Nearby Spots36th St NewportBlackies Huntington Pier Goldenwest The Wedge Corona Del Mar Jetty Bolsa Chica Morro Beach Surfside Jetty Dolphin Street 13th Street Seal Beach Pier 7th Street Rockpile/Heisler Park 72nd Place Laguna Beach (Thalia Street) 64th Place Laguna Beach (Brooks Street) Agate/Pearl Street Salt Creek Strands Point Doheny State Beach Cabrillo Point Poche Beach 204s San Clemente Pier T Street (Trafalgar Street) Trestles San Onofre Torrance Beach/Haggertys Lower Haggertys Haggertys Palos Verdes Cove Lunada Bay Redondo Beach Breakwater Hermosa Beach Trails Manhattan Beach El Porto Beach Venice Beach Bay Street Santa Monica Municipal Pier Oceanside Sunset Point Chart House Rights Topanga State Beach Carlsbad Malibu - First Point Ponto Grandview Beacons Moonlight Swamis Latigo Canyon Cardiff Reef Point Dume Point Dume Solana Beach North Del Mar Zuma Beach County Park Del Mar Secos Torrey Pines/Blacks Beach Horseshoe Scripps Pier/La Jolla Zero/Nicholas Canyon County Beach Windansea Beach Leo Carrillo Birdrock Staircase Beach |