Point / cobble / Beginner–intermediate
Old Man's
The legendary soft cobble point at San Onofre.
- Reported direction
- Right-dominant
- General swell window
- S–W
- Reported tide preference
- All tides
- Bottom
- Rock / reef
Included as a must-have reference. The right is iconic, but the zone’s supporting shoulders and reforms create occasional left opportunities.
Things to check: Crowds, slow-moving learners and collision risk.
Location: Approximate imported surf-zone pin — verify locally. Public access. Check current access independently.
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Point / cobble / Beginner–intermediate
Dogpatch
A mellower neighboring San Onofre zone with easy rolling walls.
- Reported direction
- Right-dominant
- General swell window
- S–W
- Reported tide preference
- Low–mid
- Bottom
- Rock / reef
More about long, gentle rights, but included because the atlas aims for completeness.
Things to check: Currents, crowding, submerged rock or cobble, water-quality changes after rain, and shifting bars.
Location: Approximate imported surf-zone pin — verify locally. Public access. Check current access independently.
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Cobble / reef / Intermediate+
Four Doors
A localized San Onofre name with a different feel from Old Man’s and Dogpatch.
- Reported direction
- Left & right
- General swell window
- S–W
- Reported tide preference
- Low–mid
- Bottom
- Rock / reef
A worthwhile deeper-cut inclusion along the state-park shoreline.
Things to check: Currents, crowding, submerged rock or cobble, water-quality changes after rain, and shifting bars.
Location: Approximate imported surf-zone pin — verify locally. Public shoreline or trail access; tide and closures matter. Check current access independently.
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Point / reef / Intermediate+
The Point
Another San Onofre sub-zone in the state-park chain.
- Reported direction
- Right
- General swell window
- S–W
- Reported tide preference
- Low–mid
- Bottom
- Rock / reef
Separated in the atlas to better reflect how surfers actually talk about the coast.
Things to check: Currents, crowding, submerged rock or cobble, water-quality changes after rain, and shifting bars.
Location: Approximate imported surf-zone pin — verify locally. Public shoreline or trail access; tide and closures matter. Check current access independently.
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Beach / reef / Intermediate
Trails 1
The northern public Trails zone.
- Reported direction
- Left & right
- General swell window
- S–W
- Reported tide preference
- Low–mid
- Bottom
- Sand
Long walk, variable bars, and less density than the marquee cobble points.
Things to check: Currents, crowding, submerged rock or cobble, water-quality changes after rain, and shifting bars.
Location: Approximate imported surf-zone pin — verify locally. Public shoreline or trail access; tide and closures matter. Check current access independently.
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Beach / reef / Intermediate+
Trails 2
A favored Trails micro-zone for surfers willing to walk and watch.
- Reported direction
- Left & right
- General swell window
- SSW–W
- Reported tide preference
- Low–mid
- Bottom
- Sand
Exactly the sort of less-obvious entry this atlas is supposed to surface.
Things to check: Currents, crowding, submerged rock or cobble, water-quality changes after rain, and shifting bars.
Location: Approximate imported surf-zone pin — verify locally. Public shoreline or trail access; tide and closures matter. Check current access independently.
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Beach / reef / Advanced
Trails 4
Another localized Trails zone with quality reef influence when aligned.
- Reported direction
- Left & right
- General swell window
- SSW–W
- Reported tide preference
- Low–mid
- Bottom
- Sand
Pinned as a representative zone rather than a surgically exact takeoff.
Things to check: Currents, crowding, submerged rock or cobble, water-quality changes after rain, and shifting bars.
Location: Approximate imported surf-zone pin — verify locally. Public shoreline or trail access; tide and closures matter. Check current access independently.
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Beach / reef / Intermediate+
Trails 6
A southern public Trails zone closing the state-park chain.
- Reported direction
- Left & right
- General swell window
- S–W
- Reported tide preference
- Low–mid
- Bottom
- Sand
The farther south you go, the more the atlas earns its keep as a memory scaffold.
Things to check: Currents, crowding, submerged rock or cobble, water-quality changes after rain, and shifting bars.
Location: Approximate imported surf-zone pin — verify locally. Public shoreline or trail access; tide and closures matter. Check current access independently.
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Reef / Advanced
Mushrooms
A localized San Onofre reef name valuable to left hunters.
- Reported direction
- Left-dominant
- General swell window
- SSW–W
- Reported tide preference
- Low–mid
- Bottom
- Rock / reef
Not as universally advertised as Old Man’s, but exactly the sort of targeted marker people remember.
Things to check: Currents, crowding, submerged rock or cobble, water-quality changes after rain, and shifting bars.
Location: Approximate imported surf-zone pin — verify locally. Public shoreline or trail access; tide and closures matter. Check current access independently.
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Provenance is not proof that every inherited claim or current access condition has been rechecked.