Bay Street Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

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Surf Break: Bay Street

Bay Street in LA County is an exposed beach break that has quite reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. Ideal winds are from the northeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the west southwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Best around low tide when the tide is rising. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Take care of Pollution,.

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Overall Bay Street 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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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Bay Street:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Ocean Park Santa Monica	0 mi
Second closest break	Santa Monica Samo 20	0 mi
Third closest break	Rose Avenue	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Santa Monica Pier	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Venice Breakwater	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Bay Street:
Closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	37 mi
Second closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	80 mi
Third closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	101 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	108 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Santa Barbara Buoy	114 mi
Tide stations nearest to Bay Street:
Closest tide station	Santa Monica, Municipal Pier, California	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Santa Monica, Municipal Pier, California (sub)	1 mi
Third closest tide station	Santa Monica, California	1 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Santa Monica, Municipal Pier, California (2)	1 mi
Fifth closest tide station	El Segundo, Santa Monica Bay, California	7 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Bay Street:
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)	85 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	93 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Bay Street:
Closest city location	Santa Monica (United States)	1 mi
Second closest city location	Marina del Rey (United States)	2 mi
Third closest city location	Santa Monica Municipal Airport (United States)	2 mi
Fourth closest city location	Westwood (United States)	5 mi
Fifth closest city location	Culver City (United States)	6 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Bay Street is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in USA, 10 km (6 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Bay Street is Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR), also in USA, 17 km (11 miles) away.
• Third is Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport (BUR) in USA, 25 km (16 miles) away.
• Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA is 37 km (23 miles) away.
• Point Mugu Nas Airport (NTD), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Bay Street and is 60 km (37 miles) away.