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San Onofre 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 SpotsTrailsT Street (Trafalgar Street) San Clemente Pier 204s Poche Beach Doheny State Beach Strands Point Salt Creek Oceanside Agate/Pearl Street Laguna Beach (Brooks Street) Laguna Beach (Thalia Street) Rockpile/Heisler Park Carlsbad Morro Beach Ponto Corona Del Mar Jetty The Wedge Grandview Beacons Moonlight Swamis Blackies 36th St Newport Newport Beach Cardiff Reef Santa Ana River Jetties Solana Beach North Del Mar Del Mar Huntington Pier Goldenwest Torrey Pines/Blacks Beach Bolsa Chica Scripps Pier/La Jolla Horseshoe Windansea Beach Birdrock Surfside Jetty Dolphin Street 13th Street Pacific Beach Seal Beach Pier 7th Street 72nd Place Mission Beach (San Diego) 64th Place Ocean beach Sunset Cliffs Point Loma Cabrillo Point Imperial Beach Lower Haggertys Torrance Beach/Haggertys Haggertys Palos Verdes Cove Lunada Bay Redondo Beach Breakwater Hermosa Beach Manhattan Beach El Porto Beach Venice Beach Bay Street Santa Monica Municipal Pier Sunset Point Chart House Rights Topanga State Beach Calafia K38, K38.5, K39 Las Gaviotas - Baja |