Newport Beach

Newport Beach is an SW-facing beach break in Orange County & San Clemente, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE to S and S to SSW and W, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 72% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NE: light winds or NE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: a Channel Islands gap lets in swell from 226.2° (SW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 86 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SW (220°)

Best swell

S to SSW (185°–203°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

N to E offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSE to S (154° to 183°); S to SSW (185° to 203°); W (265.5° to 280.5°)

Rare slot

Channel Islands gap, 226.2° SW

Offshore wind

NE

Tide

NOAA station 9410583

Wave buoy

San Pedro South, CA (213) · 24 km away

Cams

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