China Ladder Beach
Santa Cruz County, California, United States37.067, -122.257Beach break · faces WSW (238°)
Spot guide
China Ladder Beach is a WSW-facing beach break in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE to NW and NW. Offshore wind here blows from the ENE: light winds or ENE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while WSW onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- WSW (238°)
- Best swell
- SSW to W (198°–279°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NNE to ESE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SSE to NW (157.5° to 318.5°); NW (320° to 325°)
- Offshore wind
- ENE
- Tide
- NOAA station 9413878
- Wave buoy
- Monterey Canyon Outer, CA (156) · 44 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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