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Surfside Jetty in Orange County is a sheltered beach break that has inconsistent surf. Winter is the best time of year for surfing here. The best wind direction is from the northeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the west. Prevailing right breaking waves at the beach break. Best around low tide. When the surf is up, crowds are likely Watch out for locals, pollution, rips.

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Overall Surfside Jetty 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 Surfside Jetty surf quality by season and Surfside Jetty 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 Surfside Jetty

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Surfside Jetty:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Anderson Street	1 mi
Second closest break	Dolphin Street	1 mi
Third closest break	Seal Beach Pier	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Sunset Beach Usa North OC	1 mi
Fifth closest break	13th Street	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Surfside Jetty:
Closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	57 mi
Second closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	85 mi
Third closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	108 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	122 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	122 mi
Tide stations nearest to Surfside Jetty:
Closest tide station	Los Patos (highway bridge), California	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Long Beach, Outer Harbor, Pier A, California	8 mi
Third closest tide station	Long Beach, Inner Harbor, California	9 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Long Beach, Terminal Island, California	9 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Long Beach, Terminal Island, California (sub)	9 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Surfside Jetty:
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)	52 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	69 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	76 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Surfside Jetty:
Closest city location	Seal Beach (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Rossmoor (United States)	4 mi
Third closest city location	Westminster (United States)	5 mi
Fourth closest city location	Los Alamitos (United States)	6 mi
Fifth closest city location	Huntington Beach (United States)	6 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Surfside Jetty is Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA, 13 km (8 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Surfside Jetty is John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA), also in USA, 20 km (12 miles) away.
• Third is Tustin Mcaf Airport (NTK) in USA, 23 km (14 miles) away.
• Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR) in USA is 33 km (20 miles) away.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Surfside Jetty and is 39 km (24 miles) away.