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204 in Orange County is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf. Summer offers the optimum conditions for surfing. Offshore winds blow from the northeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the best swell direction is from the south southwest. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. Sometimes crowded. Crowds may reach hazard levels at this break - consider wearing a lid.

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Overall 204 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 204:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Poche Beach	1 mi
Second closest break	Linda Lane Beach	2 mi
Third closest break	San Clemente Pier	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Doheney Beach	2 mi
Fifth closest break	T Street	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to 204:
Closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	69 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	84 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	129 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	137 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	148 mi
Tide stations nearest to 204:
Closest tide station	San Clemente, California	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Newport Beach, Newport Bay Entrance, Corona del Mar	17 mi
Third closest tide station	Newport Bay Entrance, Corona del Mar, California	17 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Balboa Pier, Newport Beach, California	18 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Newport Bay Entrance, Corona del Mar, California (2	18 mi
Ski Resorts closest to 204:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	52 mi
Second closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	64 mi
Third closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	64 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	65 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	70 mi
Town and city forecasts close to 204:
Closest city location	San Clemente (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Dana Point (United States)	3 mi
Third closest city location	San Juan Capistrano (United States)	4 mi
Fourth closest city location	Laguna Niguel (United States)	6 mi
Fifth closest city location	Aliso Viejo (United States)	9 mi

• The closest passenger airport to 204 is John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA) in USA, 33 km (20 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to 204 is Tustin Mcaf Airport (NTK), also in USA, 34 km (21 miles) away.
• Third is Riverside Muni Airport (RAL) in USA, 60 km (37 miles) away.
• March Arb (Riverside) Airport (RIV) in USA is 61 km (38 miles) away.
• Long Beach Airport (LGB), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to 204 and is 62 km (39 miles) away.