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Surf Break: Royal Palms State Beach

Royal Palms State Beach in LA County is a sheltered reef and point break that has inconsistent surf. Summer offers the optimum conditions for surfing. Works best in offshore winds from the northeast. Groundswells are more common than windswells and the optimum swell angle is from the southwest. There are left and right breaking reefs Best around low tide. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Take care of rocks and locals.

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Overall Royal Palms 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 Royal Palms State Beach surf quality by season and Royal Palms State Beach 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 Royal Palms State Beach

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Royal Palms State Beach:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Japs Cove	0 mi
Second closest break	TCs	1 mi
Third closest break	Abalone Cove	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Cabrillo Point	3 mi
Fifth closest break	Bee Hives	4 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Royal Palms State Beach:
Closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	42 mi
Second closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	87 mi
Third closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	94 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	108 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	112 mi
Tide stations nearest to Royal Palms State Beach:
Closest tide station	Cabrillo Beach, California	4 mi
Second closest tide station	Los Angeles (outer harbor), California	4 mi
Third closest tide station	Los Angeles, California	4 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Los Angeles Harbor, Mormon Island, California	4 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Long Beach, Middle Harbor, California	6 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Royal Palms State Beach:
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)	59 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	82 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	90 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Royal Palms State Beach:
Closest city location	Rolling Hills (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Rancho Palos Verdes (United States)	3 mi
Third closest city location	Rolling Hills Estates (United States)	4 mi
Fourth closest city location	Lomita (United States)	5 mi
Fifth closest city location	Long Beach (United States)	6 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Royal Palms State Beach is Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA, 20 km (12 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Royal Palms State Beach is Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR), also in USA, 22 km (14 miles) away.
• Third is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in USA, 25 km (16 miles) away.
• John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA) in USA is 44 km (27 miles) away.
• Tustin Mcaf Airport (NTK), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Royal Palms State Beach and is 47 km (29 miles) away.