Lower Trestles

Lower Trestles is an SW-facing point break in Orange County & San Clemente, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE to S and S to SW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 63% 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 257° (WSW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 100 km out. How slot swells work

Rare slot: the San Pedro Channel lets in swell from 282.5° (WNW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 238 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Point

Faces

SW (215°)

Best swell

SSE to SW (165°–225°), 12 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 (163° to 187°); S to SW (189.5° to 228.5°)

Rare slot

Channel Islands gap, 257° WSW

Rare slot

San Pedro Channel, 282.5° WNW

Offshore wind

NE

Tide

NOAA station TWC0419

Wave buoy

Green Beach Offshore, CA (271) · 8 km away

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