White Point Beach

White Point Beach is an SSW-facing reef break in Los Angeles, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE to S, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 72% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNE: light winds or NNE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: the San Pedro Channel lets in swell from 236° (SW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 114 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Reef

Faces

SSW (208°)

Best swell

SSE to S (158°–175°), 11 s or longer

Best wind

NNW to ENE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

4–10 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSE to S (150° to 175°)

Rare slot

San Pedro Channel, 236° SW

Offshore wind

NNE

Tide

NOAA station 9410650

Wave buoy

San Pedro South, CA (213) · 20 km away

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