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Doheny State Beach Seasonal Surf Averages
Swell Consistency and Wind Overview
This graph shows the percentage of days that had a ridable wind swell (7 seconds period or more) or groundswell (10 seconds period or more) of over 3ft. It also shows the dominant wind direction. Not all of these days will neccessarily give great surf, and very short lived wind swells or longer period secondary swells may produce surf not recorded, but it gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend and a rough guide to the chances of scoring something ridable.
Monthly Overview
Understanding this DataThese swell averages are calculated ONLY on swells of more than 7 seconds period. This means this is the average height of a swell that's likely to produce ridable surf NOT an average of every wave heading toward the beach in a month. Likewise the period is the average period OVER 7 seconds. There will be days that have short period wind swells that won't produce and ridable swell and these are excluded from the averages. The consistency figure gives the percentage of days that meet this condition. For example if the consistency is 50% you could expect the 'average' swell for about 15 days in the month. Of course an average tells only part of the story. A combination of very large and very small swells may produce the same average as a consistent medium sized swell. |
Monthly DataJanuaryFebruary March April May June July August September October November December Nearby SpotsSalt CreekPoche Beach 204s San Clemente Pier T Street (Trafalgar Street) Agate/Pearl Street Laguna Beach (Brooks Street) Laguna Beach (Thalia Street) Trestles Rockpile/Heisler Park San Onofre Morro Beach Trails Corona Del Mar Jetty The Wedge Blackies 36th St Newport Newport Beach Santa Ana River Jetties Huntington Pier Goldenwest Oceanside Bolsa Chica Carlsbad Surfside Jetty Dolphin Street 13th Street Seal Beach Pier 7th Street 72nd Place 64th Place Ponto Grandview Beacons Moonlight Swamis Cardiff Reef Solana Beach North Del Mar Cabrillo Point Del Mar Torrey Pines/Blacks Beach Scripps Pier/La Jolla Horseshoe Windansea Beach Birdrock Pacific Beach Lower Haggertys Torrance Beach/Haggertys Haggertys Palos Verdes Cove Lunada Bay Mission Beach (San Diego) Redondo Beach Breakwater Hermosa Beach Ocean beach Manhattan Beach Sunset Cliffs El Porto Beach Point Loma Venice Beach Bay Street Santa Monica Municipal Pier Imperial Beach Sunset Blvd Chart House Rights Topanga State Beach Malibu - First Point Latigo Canyon Point Dume |