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Surf Break: Ballona Creek and Jetty

Ballona Creek and Jetty in LA County is an exposed beach/Jetty break that has fairly consistent surf. Summer offers the optimum conditions for surfing. Works best in offshore winds from the northeast. Groundswells are more common than windswells and the best swell direction is from the west southwest. The beach breaks offer left-handers. Best around low tide. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Beware of pollution, rocks, locals, rips.

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Overall Ballona Creek and Jetty Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Use this relief map to navigate to California - Los Angeles County surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Ballona Creek and Jetty

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Ballona Creek and Jetty:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Gillis	1 mi
Second closest break	Toes Over	1 mi
Third closest break	D and W	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Dockweiler Beach	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Venice Breakwater	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Ballona Creek and Jetty:
Closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	38 mi
Second closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	82 mi
Third closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	103 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	104 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Santa Barbara Buoy	117 mi
Tide stations nearest to Ballona Creek and Jetty:
Closest tide station	El Segundo, Santa Monica Bay, California	3 mi
Second closest tide station	Santa Monica, Municipal Pier, California (2)	4 mi
Third closest tide station	Santa Monica, Municipal Pier, California	4 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Santa Monica, Municipal Pier, California (sub)	4 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Santa Monica, California	4 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Ballona Creek and Jetty:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	47 mi
Second closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	53 mi
Third closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	53 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	83 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	91 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Ballona Creek and Jetty:
Closest city location	Marina del Rey (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	El Segundo (United States)	4 mi
Third closest city location	Santa Monica Municipal Airport (United States)	4 mi
Fourth closest city location	Inglewood (United States)	5 mi
Fifth closest city location	Ladera Heights (United States)	5 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Ballona Creek and Jetty is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in USA, 5 km (3 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Ballona Creek and Jetty is Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR), also in USA, 12 km (7 miles) away.
• Third is Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport (BUR) in USA, 29 km (18 miles) away.
• Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA is 32 km (20 miles) away.
• John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Ballona Creek and Jetty and is 63 km (39 miles) away.