Pipe Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Los Angeles County, USA)

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Pipe Spot ID:

Type: reef

Reliability: inconsistent

Best: Swell W | Wind ENE

Sea Temperature Today is: 18.1 °C

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Thursday, 23 May 2013, 14:39 Local time

m, °C	Thursday 23
ft, °F	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Wave (m)	W	W	W	W
Period (s)	8	10	10	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on

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Pipe in California - Los Angeles Countyis a reef break that has inconsistent surf with no particular seasonal pattern. Offshore winds are from the east northeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the best swell direction is from the west. Best around high tide. A popular wave that can get growded. Beware of rocks, man-made danger (buoys etc..) and locals.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For El Segundo, Santa Monica Bay, California, 1 miles from Pipe.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
HIGH TIDE
LOW TIDE

Pipe Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At Los Angeles Airport, 5 km from Pipe.

moderate winds from the W

km/h

Dry and partly cloudy

Air temperature
21 °C

Current weather near Pipe

Buoy Data:

At Santa Monica Basin Buoy, 38 miles from Pipe.

	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	6	6	7	7

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Overall Pipe Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Pipe: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Dockweiler Beach	1 mi
Second closest break	El Segundo Beach Jetty	1 mi
Third closest break	New Jetty	1 mi
Fourth closest break	D and W	1 mi
Fifth closest break	El Porto Beach	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Pipe:
Closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	38 mi
Second closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	84 mi
Third closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	101 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	103 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Santa Barbara Buoy	119 mi
Tide stations nearest to Pipe:
Closest tide station	El Segundo, Santa Monica Bay	1 mi
Second closest tide station	King Harbor, Santa Monica Bay	6 mi
Third closest tide station	Santa Monica	7 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Los Angeles Harbor, Mormon Island	16 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Long Beach, Terminal Island	17 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Pipe:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	46 mi
Second closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	53 mi
Third closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	53 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	83 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	91 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Pipe:
Closest city location	Manhattan Beach (United States)	3 mi
Second closest city location	Hawthorne (United States)	5 mi
Third closest city location	Inglewood (United States)	5 mi
Fourth closest city location	Lawndale (United States)	6 mi
Fifth closest city location	Redondo Beach (United States)	6 mi

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Pipe, CAL - LA County. Use the tab navigation above to view Pipe sea temperature, Pipe photographs, Pipe detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Pipe webcams, current wind from CAL - LA County live weather stations and Pipe 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 Pipe.

Pipe Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Los Angeles County, USA)

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