Seal Beach

Seal Beach is an S-facing beach break in Orange County, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE to S and S to SSW and WSW to W, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 75% 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 244° (WSW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 134 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

S (191°)

Best swell

SSE to S (152°–182°) or S to SSW (183°–192°), 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 (152° to 181.5°); S to SSW (183° to 192°); WSW to W (256° to 269°)

Rare slot

San Pedro Channel, 244° WSW

Offshore wind

N

Tide

NOAA station TWC0427

Wave buoy

San Pedro South, CA (213) · 19 km away

Cams

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