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Surf Break: Pescadero State Beach

Pescadero State Beach in San Mateo is an exposed beach and reef break that is often working. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. Offshore winds blow from the east. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Watch out for rips and sharks.

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Overall Pescadero State Beach 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 Pescadero State Beach surf quality by season and Pescadero State Beach surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to California - San Mateo surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Pescadero State Beach

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Pescadero State Beach:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Pomponio State Beach	2 mi
Second closest break	Bean Hollow State Beach	2 mi
Third closest break	San Gregorio State Beach	4 mi
Fourth closest break	Gazos Creek	8 mi
Fifth closest break	Ano Nuevo	12 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Pescadero State Beach:
Closest wave buoy	Half Moon Bay Buoy	27 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Monterey Buoy	33 mi
Third closest wave buoy	San Francisco Buoy	41 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Bodega Bay Buoy	83 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Cape San Martin Buoy	109 mi
Tide stations nearest to Pescadero State Beach:
Closest tide station	Ano Nuevo Island, California	12 mi
Second closest tide station	Princeton, Half Moon Bay, California	16 mi
Third closest tide station	Half Moon Bay, California	17 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Smith Slough, San Francisco Bay, California	19 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Corkscrew Slough, San Francisco Bay, California	19 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Pescadero State Beach:
Closest ski area	Dodge Ridge (United States)	149 mi
Second closest ski area	Badger Pass Ski Area (United States)	154 mi
Third closest ski area	Bear Valley (United States)	155 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Kirkwood (United States)	162 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Sierra at Tahoe (United States)	164 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Pescadero State Beach:
Closest city location	Portola Valley (United States)	12 mi
Second closest city location	Half Moon Bay (United States)	14 mi
Third closest city location	Woodside (United States)	14 mi
Fourth closest city location	Emerald Lake Hills (United States)	16 mi
Fifth closest city location	El Granada (United States)	16 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Pescadero State Beach is Moffett Federal Afld (Mountain View) Airport (NUQ) in USA, 36 km (22 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Pescadero State Beach is San Francisco International Airport (SFO), also in USA, 39 km (24 miles) away.
• Third is Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in USA, 44 km (27 miles) away.
• Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK) in USA is 53 km (33 miles) away.
• Travis Afb (Fairfield) Airport (SUU), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Pescadero State Beach and is 118 km (73 miles) away.