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Bolsa Chica,Surfside and Sunset Beaches in Orange County is a sheltered beach break that has reasonably consistent surf. Summer offers the favoured conditions for surfing. Offshore winds are from the northeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the southwest. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Sometimes crowded. Beware of rips, locals and pollution.

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Overall Bolsa Chica,Surfside and Sunset Beaches 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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Also see Bolsa Chica,Surfside and Sunset Beaches surf quality by season and Bolsa Chica,Surfside and Sunset Beaches surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to United-States - Orange County surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Bolsa Chica,Surfside and Sunset Beaches

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Bolsa Chica,Surfside and Sunset Beaches:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Sunset Beach Usa North OC	1 mi
Second closest break	Surfside Jetty	1 mi
Third closest break	Anderson Street	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Dolphin Street	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Huntington Cliffs	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Bolsa Chica,Surfside and Sunset Beaches:
Closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	58 mi
Second closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	84 mi
Third closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	109 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	122 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	123 mi
Tide stations nearest to Bolsa Chica,Surfside and Sunset Beaches:
Closest tide station	Los Patos (highway bridge), California	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Santa Ana River entrance (inside), California	8 mi
Third closest tide station	Long Beach, Outer Harbor, Pier A, California	9 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Long Beach, Inner Harbor, California	10 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Long Beach, Terminal Island, California	10 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Bolsa Chica,Surfside and Sunset Beaches:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	40 mi
Second closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	51 mi
Third closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	52 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	68 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	76 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Bolsa Chica,Surfside and Sunset Beaches:
Closest city location	Seal Beach (United States)	4 mi
Second closest city location	Westminster (United States)	5 mi
Third closest city location	Huntington Beach (United States)	6 mi
Fourth closest city location	Rossmoor (United States)	6 mi
Fifth closest city location	Fountain Valley (United States)	6 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Bolsa Chica,Surfside and Sunset Beaches is Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA, 15 km (9 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Bolsa Chica,Surfside and Sunset Beaches is John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA), also in USA, 18 km (11 miles) away.
• Third is Tustin Mcaf Airport (NTK) in USA, 22 km (14 miles) away.
• Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR) in USA is 35 km (22 miles) away.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Bolsa Chica,Surfside and Sunset Beaches and is 42 km (26 miles) away.