Ocean Beach, San Diego

Ocean Beach, San Diego is a W-facing beach break in San Diego County, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE to S and S to SSW and SSW to W, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 51% 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.

Rare slot: a Channel Islands gap lets in swell from 292° (WNW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 218 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

W (265°)

Best swell

SW to W (225°–274°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NE to SE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSE to S (162° to 170°); S to SSW (175.5° to 192°); SSW to W (195° to 274°)

Rare slot

Channel Islands gap, 292° WNW

Offshore wind

E

Tide

NOAA station TWC0413

Wave buoy

La Jolla, CA (073) · 13 km away

Cams

5 (1 plays here)