Yerba Buena Beach

Yerba Buena Beach is an SSW-facing beach break in Old Malibu, California, United States. It picks up swell from S to SSW and SW to W and W to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 56% 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: a Channel Islands gap lets in swell from 153.8° (SSE) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 144 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SSW (204°)

Best swell

SW to WSW (215°–245°) or S to SSW (188°–205°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NNW to ENE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

S to SSW (188.5° to 205.5°); SW to W (215° to 262.5°); W to WNW (276° to 289.5°)

Rare slot

Channel Islands gap, 153.8° SSE

Offshore wind

NNE

Tide

NOAA station TWC0445

Wave buoy

Topanga Nearshore, CA (103) · 35 km away

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