Surfside Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – CAL – Orange County)

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Surfside Jetty Spot ID:

Type: beach

Reliability: inconsistent

Best: Swell W | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 18.7 °C

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Friday, 24 May 2013, 21:08 Local time

m, °C	Friday 24
ft, °F	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	19	17	17	17
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	on	on

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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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California wave energy surf 12 hr forecast

Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Los Patos (highway bridge), California, 2 miles from Surfside Jetty.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
HIGH TIDE
LOW TIDE

Surfside Jetty Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At Los Alamitos Army Airfield Airport, 7 km from Surfside Jetty.

light winds from the S

km/h

Dry and partly cloudy

Air temperature
16.8 °C

Current weather near Surfside Jetty

Buoy Data:

At Santa Monica Basin Buoy, 57 miles from Surfside Jetty.

	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	16	16	15	16

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Overall Surfside Jetty Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

The graph illustrates the range of swells directed at Surfside Jetty over a normal May ... (show all text)

The rose diagram describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different ... (show all text)

The two graphs above are also combined in the single Surfside Jetty surf consistency graph.

Also see Surfside Jetty surf quality by season and Surfside Jetty surf quality by month.

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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)	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Long Beach, Outer Harbor, Pier A	8 mi
Third closest tide station	Long Beach, Terminal Island	9 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Long Beach, Inner Harbor	9 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Santa Ana River entrance (inside)	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	Westminster (United States)	5 mi
Second closest city location	Huntington Beach (United States)	6 mi
Third closest city location	Fountain Valley (United States)	7 mi
Fourth closest city location	Cypress (United States)	7 mi
Fifth closest city location	Garden Grove (United States)	7 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.

Surfside Jetty break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Surfside Jetty, CAL - Orange County. Use the tab navigation above to view Surfside Jetty sea temperature, Surfside Jetty photographs, Surfside Jetty detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Surfside Jetty webcams, current wind from CAL - Orange County live weather stations and Surfside Jetty tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Surfside Jetty.

Surfside Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – CAL – Orange County)

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Overall Surfside Jetty Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

Surfside Jetty Location Maps

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