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Sapphire Street in LA County is an exposed beach/Jetty break that does not work very often. The surf tends to be best in the spring. Offshore winds blow from the east. Clean groundswells prevail and the ideal swell direction is from the west southwest. The beach breaks are all rights. Best around low tide when the tide is rising. Often Crowded. Hazards include rips and pollution.

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Overall Sapphire Street 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 Sapphire Street surf quality by season and Sapphire Street surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Sapphire Street:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Redondo Beach	0 mi
Second closest break	Burnout	1 mi
Third closest break	Topaz Street	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Torrance Beach/Burn Out	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Haggarty's	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Sapphire Street:
Closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	39 mi
Second closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	88 mi
Third closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	94 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	104 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	116 mi
Tide stations nearest to Sapphire Street:
Closest tide station	King Harbor, Santa Monica Bay, California	2 mi
Second closest tide station	El Segundo, Santa Monica Bay, California	7 mi
Third closest tide station	Los Angeles Harbor, Mormon Island, California	9 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Los Angeles (outer harbor), California	10 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Los Angeles, California	10 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Sapphire Street:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	47 mi
Second closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	55 mi
Third closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	57 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 Sapphire Street:
Closest city location	Palos Verdes Estates (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Redondo Beach (United States)	2 mi
Third closest city location	Hermosa Beach (United States)	2 mi
Fourth closest city location	Rolling Hills Estates (United States)	3 mi
Fifth closest city location	Torrance (United States)	4 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Sapphire Street is Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR) in USA, 12 km (7 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Sapphire Street is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), also in USA, 13 km (8 miles) away.
• Third is Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA, 22 km (14 miles) away.
• Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport (BUR) in USA is 42 km (26 miles) away.
• John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Sapphire Street and is 51 km (32 miles) away.