World-class break
Blacks Beach
San Diego County, California, United States32.890, -117.254Beach break · faces W (275°)
Spot guide
Blacks Beach is a W-facing beach break in San Diego County, California, United States. It picks up swell from S and SSW to W and WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 61% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the E: light winds or E breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while W onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- W (275°)
- Best swell
- WSW to WNW (240°–300°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NE to SE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 4–10 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- S (183° to 191.5°); SSW to W (194.5° to 264.5°); WNW (283° to 292°)
- Offshore wind
- E
- Tide
- NOAA station 9410230
- Wave buoy
- La Jolla, CA (073) · 3 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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