Blackies Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – CAL – Orange County)

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Blackies Spot ID:

Type: beach and point

Reliability: inconsistent

Best: Swell W | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 17.7 °C

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Sunday, 19 May 2013, 19:57 Local time

m, °C	Sunday 19
ft, °F	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	on	on	on

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Blackies in Orange County is a reasonably exposed beach and point break that only works once in a while. Winter is the best time of year for surfing here. The best wind direction is from the northeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the west. The beach breaks consists of lefts and there is a left hand point break as well. Best around low tide when the tide is rising. It's often crowded here. Take care of the strong rips here.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For Santa Ana River entrance (inside), California, 3 miles from Blackies.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
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Live Weather:

At Costa Mesa Airport, 9 km from Blackies.

light winds from the SW

km/h

Clear

Air temperature
19 °C

Current weather near Blackies

Buoy Data:

At Santa Monica Basin Buoy, 65 miles from Blackies.

	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	17	17	17	17

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Overall Blackies Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Blackies: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	40th Street	1 mi
Second closest break	Newport Point	1 mi
Third closest break	Newport beach	1 mi
Fourth closest break	56th St	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Middles	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Blackies:
Closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	65 mi
Second closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	78 mi
Third closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	118 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	123 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	131 mi
Tide stations nearest to Blackies:
Closest tide station	Santa Ana River entrance (inside)	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Newport Bay Entrance, Corona del Mar (2)	2 mi
Third closest tide station	Balboa Pier, Newport Beach	2 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Newport Bay Entrance	3 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Los Patos (highway bridge)	10 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Blackies:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	43 mi
Second closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	55 mi
Third closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	55 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	67 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	73 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Blackies:
Closest city location	Newport Beach (United States)	1 mi
Second closest city location	Costa Mesa (United States)	4 mi
Third closest city location	Huntington Beach (United States)	6 mi
Fourth closest city location	Fountain Valley (United States)	7 mi
Fifth closest city location	Irvine (United States)	7 mi

The closest passenger airport to Blackies is John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA) in USA, 9 km (6 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Blackies is Tustin Mcaf Airport (NTK), also in USA, 14 km (9 miles) away.
Third is Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA, 30 km (19 miles) away.
Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR) in USA is 51 km (32 miles) away.
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Blackies and is 57 km (35 miles) away.

Blackies break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Blackies, CAL - Orange County. Use the tab navigation above to view Blackies sea temperature, Blackies photographs, Blackies detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Blackies webcams, current wind from CAL - Orange County live weather stations and Blackies tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Blackies.

Blackies Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – CAL – Orange County)

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Overall Blackies Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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