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13th Street in Orange County is a sheltered beach break that does not work very often. Winter is the optimum time of year for surfing here. Works best in offshore winds from the northeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the best swell direction is from the west northwest. The beach breaks peel to the left. Best around low tide. Likely to be crowded if working. Take care of locals, pollution, rips.

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Overall 13th 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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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to 13th Street:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Anderson Street	0 mi
Second closest break	Dolphin Street	0 mi
Third closest break	Seal Beach Pier	0 mi
Fourth closest break	San Gabriel Rivermouth	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Seventh Street	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to 13th Street:
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 13th Street:
Closest tide station	Los Patos (highway bridge), California	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Long Beach, Outer Harbor, Pier A, California	7 mi
Third closest tide station	Long Beach, Inner Harbor, California	8 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 13th Street:
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 13th Street:
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	Cypress (United States)	7 mi

• The closest passenger airport to 13th Street is Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA, 12 km (7 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to 13th Street is John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA), also in USA, 21 km (13 miles) away.
• Third is Tustin Mcaf Airport (NTK) in USA, 24 km (15 miles) away.
• Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR) in USA is 32 km (20 miles) away.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to 13th Street and is 39 km (24 miles) away.