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Goldenwest 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 SpotsBolsa ChicaSanta Ana River Jetties Newport Beach Surfside Jetty 36th St Newport Dolphin Street Blackies 13th Street Seal Beach Pier 7th Street 72nd Place 64th Place The Wedge Corona Del Mar Jetty Morro Beach Rockpile/Heisler Park Cabrillo Point Laguna Beach (Thalia Street) Laguna Beach (Brooks Street) Agate/Pearl Street Salt Creek Strands Point Doheny State Beach Torrance Beach/Haggertys Lower Haggertys Haggertys Palos Verdes Cove Lunada Bay Redondo Beach Breakwater Hermosa Beach Poche Beach Manhattan Beach 204s El Porto Beach San Clemente Pier T Street (Trafalgar Street) Trestles San Onofre Venice Beach Bay Street Santa Monica Municipal Pier Trails Sunset Point Chart House Rights Topanga State Beach Malibu - First Point Oceanside Latigo Canyon Carlsbad Point Dume Westward Beach Zuma Beach County Park Ponto Grandview Beacons Secos Moonlight Swamis Zero/Nicholas Canyon County Beach Cardiff Reef Leo Carrillo Staircase Beach Solana Beach County Line/Yerba Buena Beach North Del Mar Del Mar Torrey Pines/Blacks Beach Horseshoe Scripps Pier/La Jolla Windansea Beach |