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San Clemente State Park in Orange County is an exposed beach break that has dependable surf. Summer offers the optimum conditions for surfing. Offshore winds are from the northeast. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell angle is from the southwest. The beach break favours left handers. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Sometimes crowded. Watch out for rocks.

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Overall San Clemente State 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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Also see San Clemente State Park surf quality by season and San Clemente State Park surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to United-States - Orange County surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of San Clemente State Park

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to San Clemente State Park:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Riviera 1	1 mi
Second closest break	Cottons Point	1 mi
Third closest break	Linda Lane Beach	2 mi
Fourth closest break	T Street	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Trestles (Lowers)	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to San Clemente State Park:
Closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	67 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	87 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	131 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	141 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	151 mi
Tide stations nearest to San Clemente State Park:
Closest tide station	San Clemente, California	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Newport Beach, Newport Bay Entrance, Corona del Mar	21 mi
Third closest tide station	Newport Bay Entrance, Corona del Mar, California	21 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Balboa Pier, Newport Beach, California	22 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Newport Bay Entrance, Corona del Mar, California (2	22 mi
Ski Resorts closest to San Clemente State Park:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	55 mi
Second closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	65 mi
Third closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	67 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	68 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	71 mi
Town and city forecasts close to San Clemente State Park:
Closest city location	San Clemente (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Dana Point (United States)	7 mi
Third closest city location	San Juan Capistrano (United States)	7 mi
Fourth closest city location	Laguna Niguel (United States)	10 mi
Fifth closest city location	Aliso Viejo (United States)	13 mi

• The closest passenger airport to San Clemente State Park is John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA) in USA, 39 km (24 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to San Clemente State Park is Tustin Mcaf Airport (NTK), also in USA, 40 km (25 miles) away.
• Third is March Arb (Riverside) Airport (RIV) in USA, 62 km (39 miles) away.
• Riverside Muni Airport (RAL) in USA is 63 km (39 miles) away.
• Long Beach Airport (LGB), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to San Clemente State Park and is 68 km (42 miles) away.