California waves in summer

[aaron d]

hi im irish and thinking of spending the summer working in california, where depends really on what places pick up the summer swell, i sorta got the opinion from a website that la county and orange county were decent places, can anybody tell me the regions that tend to pick up the summer waves? thanks

[gdude335]

i live in san francisco and it tends to get literally flat some days in the summer.
santa cruz (1 hour and a half south) tends to pick up the waves a bit better during summer.
I dont know about the rest (begginer surfer)
even though i have heard LA was nice for surfing.

[miamisurfer]

my friends went to california in the summer and said huntington was 10 feet, they have been known to exaggerate so 10 feet to them is really 3 to 5 feet
yea LA and OC are good places to surf so if you go you should get some decent waves.
My friends loved it

[isaluteyou]

northern cal gets the better summer swells overal (i think) and socal picks up the winter swells. (not 100% sure on this its just what i have been told)

But socal wasnt so bad during this summer we had some really good days in san diego.

[Old Guys Rule]

We always have waves in the summer but 10 ft is a rarity in the summer. They will average waist high to a foot or two over head. Los Angeles, Orange county and San Diego all get some good swells. There are a ton of different locations to surf. It all depends on what you want to surf.

[isaluteyou]

it seems in winter everyone heads down to swami's or blacks (san diego) because the crowds are unbearable when it gets decent swells