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New Jetty/South Jetty in Ventura is a fairly exposed beach break that has quite reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the northeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the optimum swell angle is from the west southwest. Waves at the beach are mainly rights. Good surf at all stages of the tide. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Take care of the strong rips here.

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Overall New Jetty/South 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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Also see New Jetty/South Jetty surf quality by season and New Jetty/South Jetty surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to California - Ventura County surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of New Jetty/South Jetty

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to New Jetty/South Jetty:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Santa Clara Rivermouth	1 mi
Second closest break	Oxnard Shores	2 mi
Third closest break	San Buenaventura State Beach	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Ventura Point/California Street	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Emma Wood State Beach	3 mi
Wave buoys nearest to New Jetty/South Jetty:
Closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	32 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	37 mi
Third closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	67 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Santa Barbara Buoy	68 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Santa Maria Buoy	100 mi
Tide stations nearest to New Jetty/South Jetty:
Closest tide station	Ventura, California	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Port Hueneme, California	8 mi
Third closest tide station	Rincon Island, Mussel Shoals, California	12 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Rincon Island, California	12 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Rincon Island, California (2)	12 mi
Ski Resorts closest to New Jetty/South Jetty:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	90 mi
Second closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	91 mi
Third closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	91 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Alta Sierra at Shirley Meadows (United States)	109 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	128 mi
Town and city forecasts close to New Jetty/South Jetty:
Closest city location	Ventura (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Oxnard Shores (United States)	4 mi
Third closest city location	El Rio (United States)	6 mi
Fourth closest city location	Channel Islands Beach (United States)	7 mi
Fifth closest city location	Oxnard (United States)	7 mi

• The closest passenger airport to New Jetty/South Jetty is Point Mugu Nas Airport (NTD) in USA, 20 km (12 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to New Jetty/South Jetty is Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport (BUR), also in USA, 84 km (52 miles) away.
• Third is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in USA, 86 km (53 miles) away.
• Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR) in USA is 93 km (58 miles) away.
• Long Beach Airport (LGB), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to New Jetty/South Jetty and is 114 km (71 miles) away.