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Staircase Beach 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 SpotsCounty Line/Yerba Buena BeachZero/Nicholas Canyon County Beach Secos Zuma Beach County Park Westward Beach Point Dume Latigo Canyon Ormond Beach Port Hueneme Beach Park Malibu - First Point Silver Strand Topanga State Beach Chart House Rights New Jetty/South Jetty Sunset Point California Street (C Street) Santa Monica Municipal Pier Bay Street Emma Wood Venice Beach Solimar Reef and Beach Pitas Point/Faria County Park Faria Beach El Porto Beach Hobson County Park Manhattan Beach Hermosa Beach Redondo Beach Breakwater Little Rincon/Mussel Shoals Lunada Bay La Conchita Beach Palos Verdes Cove Haggertys Lower Haggertys Torrance Beach/Haggertys Rincon Point Tarpits/Carpinteria State Beach Cabrillo Point Miramar Hammonds Reef Sandspit Leadbetter Beach 64th Place 72nd Place 7th Street Seal Beach Pier 13th Street Dolphin Street Surfside Jetty Bolsa Chica Campus Point Devereux Sands Beach Goldenwest Huntington Pier Skunk Point Haskels Beach Santa Ana River Jetties Newport Beach 36th St Newport Blackies The Wedge Corona Del Mar Jetty Beavers/Hazards Refugio State Beach Tajiguas Morro Beach Rockpile/Heisler Park Laguna Beach (Thalia Street) Laguna Beach (Brooks Street) |