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SeventySecond Place in LA County is a sheltered beach break that has inconsistent surf. Summer offers the favoured conditions for surfing. Offshore winds blow from the northeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the best swell direction is from the southwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. When it's working here, it can get crowded. Hazards include rocks, locals and pollution.

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Overall SeventySecond Place 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 SeventySecond Place:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	San Gabriel Rivermouth	1 mi
Second closest break	Seventh Street	1 mi
Third closest break	Anderson Street	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Dolphin Street	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Seal Beach Pier	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to SeventySecond Place:
Closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	55 mi
Second closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	86 mi
Third closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	106 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	121 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	122 mi
Tide stations nearest to SeventySecond Place:
Closest tide station	Los Patos (highway bridge), California	4 mi
Second closest tide station	Long Beach, Outer Harbor, Pier A, California	6 mi
Third closest tide station	Long Beach, Inner Harbor, California	6 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Long Beach, Terminal Island, California	7 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Long Beach, Terminal Island, California (sub)	7 mi
Ski Resorts closest to SeventySecond Place:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	40 mi
Second closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	50 mi
Third closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	51 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	70 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	78 mi
Town and city forecasts close to SeventySecond Place:
Closest city location	Seal Beach (United States)	0 mi
Second closest city location	Rossmoor (United States)	4 mi
Third closest city location	Los Alamitos (United States)	5 mi
Fourth closest city location	Signal Hill (United States)	6 mi
Fifth closest city location	Westminster (United States)	6 mi

• The closest passenger airport to SeventySecond Place is Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA, 10 km (6 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to SeventySecond Place is John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA), also in USA, 23 km (14 miles) away.
• Third is Tustin Mcaf Airport (NTK) in USA, 26 km (16 miles) away.
• Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR) in USA is 29 km (18 miles) away.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to SeventySecond Place and is 36 km (22 miles) away.