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Salt Creek Beach Park in Orange County is an exposed beach and reef break that has pretty consitent surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the east northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the ideal swell angle is from the south southwest. A choice of left and right reefs. Best around mid tide. Sometimes crowded. Watch out for rocks.

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Overall Salt Creek Beach Park 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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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Salt Creek Beach Park:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Salt Creek Heroins	0 mi
Second closest break	Salt Creek : Gravels	1 mi
Third closest break	Salt Creek Middles	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Salt Creek Point	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Thousand Steps	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Salt Creek Beach Park:
Closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	71 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	79 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	127 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	132 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	143 mi
Tide stations nearest to Salt Creek Beach Park:
Closest tide station	San Clemente, California	8 mi
Second closest tide station	Newport Beach, Newport Bay Entrance, Corona del Mar	12 mi
Third closest tide station	Newport Bay Entrance, Corona del Mar, California	12 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Balboa Pier, Newport Beach, California	13 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Newport Bay Entrance, Corona del Mar, California (2	13 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Salt Creek Beach Park:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	50 mi
Second closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	62 mi
Third closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	63 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	65 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	71 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Salt Creek Beach Park:
Closest city location	Dana Point (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Laguna Niguel (United States)	3 mi
Third closest city location	San Juan Capistrano (United States)	4 mi
Fourth closest city location	Laguna Beach (United States)	5 mi
Fifth closest city location	Aliso Viejo (United States)	6 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Salt Creek Beach Park is John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA) in USA, 25 km (16 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Salt Creek Beach Park is Tustin Mcaf Airport (NTK), also in USA, 27 km (17 miles) away.
• Third is Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA, 54 km (34 miles) away.
• Riverside Muni Airport (RAL) in USA is 58 km (36 miles) away.
• March Arb (Riverside) Airport (RIV), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Salt Creek Beach Park and is 62 km (39 miles) away.