Wreck Beach
Big Sur Village, California, United States36.232, -121.804Beach break · faces SSW (193°)
Spot guide
Wreck Beach is an SSW-facing beach break in Big Sur Village, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE to NW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 32% 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.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- SSW (193°)
- Best swell
- SSE to SW (153°–234°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NNW to ENE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SSE to NW (152.5° to 308.5°)
- Offshore wind
- NNE
- Tide
- NOAA station 9413375
- Wave buoy
- Point Sur, CA (157) · 30 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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