Cabrillo Beach

Cabrillo Beach is an S-facing beach break in Los Angeles, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE to S and WSW to W, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 71% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the N: light winds or N breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while S onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: the San Pedro Channel lets in swell from 239° (WSW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 118 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

S (190°)

Best swell

SSE to S (150°–180°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NW to NE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSE to S (150° to 179.5°); WSW to W (255° to 278.5°)

Rare slot

San Pedro Channel, 239° WSW

Offshore wind

N

Tide

NOAA station 9410650

Wave buoy

San Pedro South, CA (213) · 17 km away

Cams

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