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Waves Surfed
A mushy 1-2 foot close out? Well it’s true creek is a mushy wave that closes out with a boom onto the sand almost instantly. Avoiding this? Almost impossible but I recommend winter time. Oh and fear the seaweed here, it will eat you. Also there’s an entire half of the beach dedicated to boogie boearders.
Mellow beach, variety of water sports (surf, body surf, kite surf). Generally not too crowded. Host of an annual rough water swim in July, usually followed by a fish fry the next weekend. Plenty of places to eat, there's a Ruby's at the end of the pier.
Taken from http://socalforecast.blogspot.com/ Bolsa generally works best on a combo of both S swell (170-195) and WNW swell (270-280). It does work with just one swell or with a combo of windswell and a longer period swell but it seems to pack the most bang for your buck when you get the 2 (or more) long-period swells. A couple of years ago they successfully built the Bolsa Chica outflow, which finally connected the Bolsa marshes with the ocean. In the process they dropped a couple of large jetties to stabilize the out-flow. The combination of these jetties and more sand being pushed out of the out-flow has started to create better wave shape at the south end of the state beach area. Beginners will probably want to avoid this spot
Taken from http://socalforecast.blogspot.com - Adam Wright The beach itself slowly curves back so that the shoreline faces more SW
Has turned into more of a long board brake over the years but when a good size swell comes through you can get some good rides.
Takes a strong south swell. Rocky/sandy, peak to the north of the pier was breaking fair when I was there. Interesting break, was fairly hollow inside, outside was kind of mushy.
South swell produces some nice rights, rocky/sandy bottom.
Rincon, one of the greatest breaks in California. Works best on a big westerly swell when all three areas that make up Rincon point connect. The spot is made up of three different sections, the Indicator, the Rivermouth and the Cove. Each wave is slightly different and can perform differently depending on the prevailing wind and swell conditions. The Indicator: right on the point, and the most exposed part of the break. Usually the wave here will fill out as it breaks towards the Cove but when the conditions are right the wave can be ridden all the way through the Rivermouth to the Cove down the point. The River Mouth: best at low tide, easily reached from a paddle out from the river mouth channel making it usually the most crowded place to be. The Cove: more suited to longboards, the wave is a little smaller here and would be great for beginnners if there were no crowds. Due to how crowded the spot gets, beginners should stay clear, there are far better spots in the region for learning on.
Rocky fun breaks, goes right and left, but generally a long clean right.
Breaks with a south swell. Always fun when it's working.
Fun beach break when it\'s working. C-street is not a beach break, it is one of the premier Santa Barbara Channel point breaks. It has one of the highest frequency of surfable days on the planet.
Fast and furious. Be quick or die.
Fun break, can get steep and hollow.
Birthplace of Gidget. Also known as Secos
The mighty Bu. Legends rode here. Now, everyone rides here. A great small righthander that breaks along the point at Malibu.
On those really big days when the beach breaks are closing out in great walls of green and white, the swell is coming from the south, head for Ballona Creek. The take off can be sketchy as your near the end of the jetty, but drop in and you can ride nearly to the bridge on a fairly fast, steep but mushy wave. Lots of fun to ride, paddle to north side of the channel for a clear shot at getting back in the lineup. Fun place to surf when its working, but that is rare. If you are a more advanced surfer, on those big day's around 7-10 feet or higher and it is low tide the water will brake and will be mushy. BE WARNED IF YOU SURF THE BREAKWATER YOU MIGHT DROWN OR WASH UP ON ROCKS. But if you catch the wave and not wipe out, get ready for the biggest wave you have rode and an exiting take off. The wave is great for face tricks and a exiting fast exhilarating wave.
This is basically where I learned to surf. There was a burger place called The Shack which achieved a certain amount of notoriety and fame, we used to tank up on the goods and surf from dawn until dusk. Teenagers...
Got it's name from the pipe leading out to sea. The "Hyperion" plant is actually a sewage treatment center. Don't paddle out over the pipe and if a wave is coming don't get stuck over it, wave sucks out water over the pipe, not fun. Right only really works at higher tides. If there is more than four of five people you'll have a hard time. The wave is scary for people who haven’t surfed it and people shouldn’t surf here if they haven’t already before
Probably one of the best beach breaks in the entire L.A. area. The rest pretty much suck. Golden afternoons spent there, produces sweet tubes if the conditions are right.
Turns a short, quick left off the sand on the north side of the pier, rights can also be had. Works best on a SW swell.
Bit more challenging than most piers, steeper and faster generally.
When it's big and working, great place to surf. Legends were born here.
Back in the day... there were no houses on the hilltops. The trail down the cliffs was steep and rocky. Very few people out unless it was big, then the whole world showed up. Was a great place to learn to surf big waves.
Mean bowl forms at the peak, drop in is fast and fun when conditions are right.
Trestles, another legendary California break. Great quality waves almost always fun just insanely crowded nowadays.