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South Jetty and Dog Beach in San Diego County is an exposed beach break that has dependable surf. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. Offshore winds are from the east. Groundswells are more common than windswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It's often crowded here. Watch out for rocks,dog shit.

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Overall South Jetty and Dog 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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Use this relief map to navigate to United-States - San Diego County surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of South Jetty and Dog Beach

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to South Jetty and Dog Beach:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	El Carmel Point	1 mi
Second closest break	OB Jetty	1 mi
Third closest break	Mission Beach	1 mi
Fourth closest break	OB pier	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Ocean Beach Jetty	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to South Jetty and Dog Beach:
Closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	49 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	124 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	135 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	181 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	181 mi
Tide stations nearest to South Jetty and Dog Beach:
Closest tide station	Crown Point, Mission Bay, California	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Quivira Basin, Mission Bay, California	1 mi
Third closest tide station	San Diego, Quarantine Station, California	4 mi
Fourth closest tide station	San Diego, San Diego Bay, California	6 mi
Fifth closest tide station	San Diego, California	6 mi
Ski Resorts closest to South Jetty and Dog Beach:
Closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	101 mi
Second closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	103 mi
Third closest ski area	Big Bear Mountain (United States)	103 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	103 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Bear Mountain (United States)	109 mi
Town and city forecasts close to South Jetty and Dog Beach:
Closest city location	Coronado (United States)	7 mi
Second closest city location	San Diego (United States)	7 mi
Third closest city location	National City (United States)	11 mi
Fourth closest city location	Lemon Grove (United States)	13 mi
Fifth closest city location	Del Mar (United States)	14 mi

• The closest passenger airport to South Jetty and Dog Beach is San Diego International Lindbergh Fld Airport (SAN) in USA, 7 km (4 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to South Jetty and Dog Beach is North Island Nas (San Diego) Airport (NZY), also in USA, 8 km (5 miles) away.
• Third is Miramar Mcas Airport (NKX) in USA, 15 km (9 miles) away.
• General Abelardo L Rodriguez International (Tijuana) Airport (TIJ) in Mexico is 36 km (22 miles) away.
• John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA) in USA is the fifth nearest airport to South Jetty and Dog Beach and is 116 km (72 miles) away.