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Surf Break: Palos Verde - Bluff Cove

Palos Verde - Bluff Cove in LA County is a fairly exposed reef break that has quite reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the southeast. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the optimum swell angle is from the west. Left and better right hand reef breaks.. Good surf at all stages of the tide. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Take care of rocks and rips.

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Overall Palos Verde - Bluff Cove 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 Palos Verde - Bluff Cove surf quality by season and Palos Verde - Bluff Cove surf quality by month.

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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 Palos Verde - Bluff Cove

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Palos Verde - Bluff Cove:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Exiles	1 mi
Second closest break	Haggarty's	1 mi
Third closest break	Haggerty's and Malaga Cove	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Indicator	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Pipes Turbos	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Palos Verde - Bluff Cove:
Closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	37 mi
Second closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	88 mi
Third closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	93 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	103 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	114 mi
Tide stations nearest to Palos Verde - Bluff Cove:
Closest tide station	King Harbor, Santa Monica Bay, California	4 mi
Second closest tide station	El Segundo, Santa Monica Bay, California	9 mi
Third closest tide station	Los Angeles Harbor, Mormon Island, California	9 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Los Angeles (outer harbor), California	9 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Los Angeles, California	9 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Palos Verde - Bluff Cove:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	49 mi
Second closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	58 mi
Third closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	58 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	84 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	92 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Palos Verde - Bluff Cove:
Closest city location	Palos Verdes Estates (United States)	1 mi
Second closest city location	Rolling Hills Estates (United States)	3 mi
Third closest city location	Rancho Palos Verdes (United States)	4 mi
Fourth closest city location	Redondo Beach (United States)	4 mi
Fifth closest city location	Hermosa Beach (United States)	4 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Palos Verde - Bluff Cove is Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR) in USA, 16 km (10 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Palos Verde - Bluff Cove is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), also in USA, 16 km (10 miles) away.
• Third is Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA, 24 km (15 miles) away.
• Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport (BUR) in USA is 45 km (28 miles) away.
• John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Palos Verde - Bluff Cove and is 52 km (32 miles) away.