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California surf spots

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Each published catalogue entry has a stable page, connected to the same map and source data. Browse spot profiles, compare the available surf, wind and tide guidance, and open any location in the live atlas. Some entries are still being researched; their limits are noted on the page.

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447 published entries

Capistrano

Capistrano Beach Poche Beach Poche Reef 204s Lost Winds

Cardiff / Solana

Cardiff Reef George’s Suckouts Seaside Reef Tabletops Pillbox

Carlsbad

Warm Water Jetties Tamarack Terramar Cerezo South Carlsbad Campground Ponto Jetties South Ponto

Carpinteria

Serena’s / Loon Point Santa Claus Lane Carpinteria / Tar Pits Jelly Bowl

Cojo / Bixby

Government Point Cojo Point / Cojo Reef Perko’s

Dana Point

Salt Creek Gravels The Strands Monarch Bay Killer Dana (historical)Doheny Rivermouth Doheny First Point Boneyard / Hammerland

Del Mar

Del Mar Rivermouth 11th Street 15th Street / Powerhouse Torrey Pines State Beach Flat Rock

Del Norte · guide

Enderts Beach Garth’s Reef Klamath Rivermouth Point St. George Smith River / Kellogg Road coast South Beach — Crescent City Whaler Island Wilson Creek

Encinitas

Moonlight D Street Swami’s Pipes Boneyards Barnies Traps Turtles

Gaviota

Gaviota State Beach / Rivermouth

Gaviota edge

Tajiguas Tajiguas Ranch Refugio Beavers / Hazards Poison Oak El Capitan El Cap Beachbreak ED’s / Edwards Point

Goleta Bay

Goleta Rock Goleta Pier / Slough Left Dumptrucks / Goleta New Point

Goleta East

Shelves More Mesa Hope Ranch Beachbreaks

Hollister Ranch

Cuarta Canyon St. Augustine’s Bulito / Bulidos Rights & Lefts Little Drakes Big Drakes / Drakes Razorblades

Jalama

Perch Rock / North Jalama Jalama Beachbreak Cracks Jalama Reef Tarantulas

La Jolla

Scripps Pier La Jolla Shores Horseshoes Windansea Big Rock Marine Street Hospitals Bird Rock Tourmaline La Jolla Cove

Laguna / South Orange County

Crystal Cove Rockpile Thalia Street Brooks Street Oak Street Crescent Bay Shaws Cove Fishermans / Diver’s Cove Aliso Creek West Street

Leucadia

Grandview Beacons Stone Steps

Los Angeles County additions · guide

Abalone Cove Bluff Cove — Palos Verdes Sapphire Street Topaz Street

Malibu Central

Zuma Little Dume Westward Beach Point Dume Cove Paradise Cove Escondido Latigo Corral Dan Blocker Puerco Carbon Beach Malibu First Point Malibu Second Point Malibu Third Point

Malibu North

Leo Carrillo North Leo Carrillo Staircase Yerba Buena Deer Creek El Pescador El Matador

Malibu South

Topanga Las Flores Big Rock Gladstones Sunset Point

Marin · guide

Bolinas Jetty Dillon Beach Drakes Bay Point Reyes Beach Rodeo Beach / Fort Cronkhite Stinson Beach The Patch — Bolinas

Mendocino · guide

Big River Caspar Beach / Creek Chadbourne Gulch Gualala Rivermouth Hare Creek Manchester Beach Navarro Rivermouth Point Arena Schooner Gulch Seaside Creek Usal Beach Virgin Creek Ward Avenue

Montecito

Hammond’s Reef Miramar Fernald Point / Shark’s Cove

Monterey / Big Sur · guide

Andrew Molera Asilomar Carmel Beach Del Monte Beach Fullers Garrapata Ghost Tree Lovers Point Marina State Beach Moss Landing Salinas River State Beach Sand Dollar Beach Spanish Bay — Cobblestones Spanish Bay — Dunes Spanish Bay — South Moss Willow Creek — Big Sur Zmudowski State Beach

Newport

River Jetties 36th Street Newport Newport Pier North Newport Pier South Blackies 54th Street The Wedge Corona del Mar Little Corona

North Orange County

Seal Beach Jetty Surfside Bolsa Chica Goldenwest Huntington Cliffs Huntington Beach Pier North Huntington Beach Pier South Southside Huntington

North Ventura

Little Rincon / Mussel Shoals Hobson County Park Hobson’s Reef Faria Beach Pitas Point — Outsides Pitas Point — Insides Mondos Solimar Reef Solimar Beachbreak Summer Beach Stanley’s Gold Coast Beachbreaks

Northern Santa Barbara · guide

Main Street / Guadalupe coast Santa Maria Rivermouth Surf Beach — Lompoc

Oceanside

Oceanside Harbor

Oceanside Harbor North Jetty Oceanside Harbor South Jetty Tyson Street The Rock

Oceanside Pier

Wisconsin Street Oceanside Pier North Oceanside Pier South Buccaneer Cassidy Street

Orange County additions · guide

56th Street — Newport Seal Beach Pier Sunset Beach — Orange County Thousand Steps — Laguna

Oxnard

Silver Strand North Jetty Silver Strand Mid Hollywood Beach Channel Islands Harbor South Jetty Oxnard Shores Beach House

Pacific Beach

Pacific Beach Point Law Street Crystal Pier North Crystal Pier South PB Drive Reed Street South Pacific Beach

Palos Verdes

Indicators Lunada Bay Haggertys

Point Mugu

Mugu Rock County Line

Port Hueneme

Port Hueneme Pier North Port Hueneme Pier South Hueneme Beach Park Ormond Beach

Rincon / La Conchita

Rincon — Indicators Rincon — Rivermouth Rincon — Full Point Rincon — The Cove La Conchita Beach Oil Piers / Punta Gorda

San Clemente

Linda Lane North Beach San Clemente Pier North San Clemente Pier South T-Street Riviera Lasuens Calafia State Park Cyprus Shores

San Diego County additions · guide

Coronado Beaches Diamond Street — Pacific Beach Garbage — Sunset Cliffs Hennemans Hogans Imperial Beach Pier — surf area La Jolla Cove Little Point — La Jolla Mission Beach Ocean Beach Jetty / Dog Beach Ocean Beach Pier — surf area Pescadero / Pesky — Sunset Cliffs Point Loma / Ralphs Santa Clara Court Simmons Reef South Bird Rock Sunset Cliffs Tijuana Sloughs

San Francisco · guide

Fort Point Kelly’s Cove Ocean Beach — San Francisco

San Luis Obispo · guide

Arroyo Laguna Avila Beach Cayucos Pier Hazard Canyon Leffingwell Landing Moonstone Beach — Cambria Morro Rock Mouse Rock Oceano Pico Creek Pismo Beach Pier San Carpoforo Creek San Simeon Creek Sandspit — Montaña de Oro Santa Rosa Creek — Cambria Spooner’s Cove Studio Drive / Old Creek

San Mateo · guide

Año Nuevo Bean Hollow State Beach Francis Beach Gazos Creek Gray Whale Cove Linda Mar Mavericks Montara Pedro Point Pescadero State Beach Pomponio State Beach Princeton Breakwater Rockaway — Pacifica San Gregorio State Beach Sharp Park

San Onofre

Old Man's Dogpatch Four Doors The Point Trails 1 Trails 2 Trails 4 Trails 6 Mushrooms

San Pedro

Cabrillo Point Royal Palms Cabrillo Beach

Santa Barbara

Hendry’s / The Pit Mesa Lane Thousand Steps Leadbetter Point Sandspit

Santa Monica Bay

Will Rogers Bay Street Santa Monica Pier North Santa Monica Pier South Venice Breakwater Venice Pier North Venice Pier South

Sonoma · guide

Bill’s Bowls Black Point Beach Doran Beach Goat Rock Russian Rivermouth Salmon Creek The Fort Timber Cove

South Bay

Dockweiler El Segundo Jetty El Porto North El Porto Main 45th Street Manhattan Manhattan Pier North Manhattan Pier South Hermosa Pier Redondo Breakwall Torrance Beach RAT Beach

Torrey / Black’s

Blacks North Black’s Main Black’s South

Trestles

Cottons Uppers Lowers Middles The Slot Church Trestles Inside

UCSB / Isla Vista

Sands Devereux / Coal Oil Point Devereux Steps / Camino Majorca Sandbar Dreamies Peskies / Pesces Sig Ep Beach / El Embarcadero Depressions Poles Campus Point Campus Cove

Ventura

Ventura Overhead Emma Wood Mushpots Ventura Rivermouth Ventura Point / Surfers Point C Street / Inside Point Ventura Cove San Buenaventura / Pierpont Ventura Harbor / Surfers Knoll New Jetty / South Jetty Ventura Harbor North Jetty Pipe Santa Clara Rivermouth

Ventura County additions · guide

Arnold Deadman’s — Ventura County Murphy’s Super Tubes — Ventura County

West Goleta

Naples Reef Naples Point Green Awning / Crack Peak Seals Driftwoods Haskell’s Beach Rockpile Ellwood Peaks

Western Gaviota edge

Shit Holes / Outfall Peak