El Porto Beach

El Porto Beach is a W-facing beach break in Manhattan Beach, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSW to SW and WSW to W and W to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 70% 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 (260°)

Best swell

WSW to W (237°–270°) or SW (220°–228°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NE to SE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSW to SW (197° to 228°); WSW to W (237° to 270°); W to WNW (281° to 286.5°)

Offshore wind

E

Tide

NOAA station 9410777

Wave buoy

Topanga Nearshore, CA (103) · 20 km away

Cams

6