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Surf Break: Torrance Beach/Burn Out

Torrance Beach/Burn Out in LA County is an exposed beach break that has pretty consitent surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the east. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the west northwest. Waves at the beach are mainly rights. Best around high tide. Often Crowded. Take care of the strong rips here.

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Overall Torrance Beach/Burn Out 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 Torrance Beach/Burn Out surf quality by season and Torrance Beach/Burn Out surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to California - Los Angeles County surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Torrance Beach/Burn Out

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Torrance Beach/Burn Out:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Burnout	1 mi
Second closest break	Haggarty's	1 mi
Third closest break	Haggerty's and Malaga Cove	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Rat Shit	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Sapphire Street	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Torrance Beach/Burn Out:
Closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	39 mi
Second closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	88 mi
Third closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	93 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	104 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	116 mi
Tide stations nearest to Torrance Beach/Burn Out:
Closest tide station	King Harbor, Santa Monica Bay, California	2 mi
Second closest tide station	El Segundo, Santa Monica Bay, California	7 mi
Third closest tide station	Los Angeles Harbor, Mormon Island, California	9 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Los Angeles (outer harbor), California	9 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Los Angeles, California	9 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Torrance Beach/Burn Out:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	48 mi
Second closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	57 mi
Third closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	57 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	83 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	91 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Torrance Beach/Burn Out:
Closest city location	Palos Verdes Estates (United States)	1 mi
Second closest city location	Redondo Beach (United States)	2 mi
Third closest city location	Rolling Hills Estates (United States)	2 mi
Fourth closest city location	Hermosa Beach (United States)	4 mi
Fifth closest city location	Torrance (United States)	4 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Torrance Beach/Burn Out is Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR) in USA, 14 km (9 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Torrance Beach/Burn Out is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), also in USA, 15 km (9 miles) away.
• Third is Long Beach Airport (LGB) in USA, 23 km (14 miles) away.
• Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport (BUR) in USA is 43 km (27 miles) away.
• John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Torrance Beach/Burn Out and is 51 km (32 miles) away.