Trancas Beach

Trancas Beach is an SW-facing beach break in Malibu, California, United States. It picks up swell from S to SSW and SSW and SW to W, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 59% 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: the San Pedro Channel lets in swell from 159.2° (SSE) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 138 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SW (214°)

Best swell

SW to WSW (220°–255°) or S to SSW (175°–194°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

N to ENE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

S to SSW (175.5° to 194°); SSW (197.5° to 210.5°); SW to W (220° to 264°)

Rare slot

San Pedro Channel, 159.2° SSE

Offshore wind

NE

Tide

NOAA station TWC0445

Wave buoy

Topanga Nearshore, CA (103) · 24 km away

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