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Shell Beach Seasonal Surf Averages
Swell Consistency and Wind Overview
This graph shows the percentage of days that had a ridable wind swell (7 seconds period or more) or groundswell (10 seconds period or more) of over 3ft. It also shows the dominant wind direction. Not all of these days will neccessarily give great surf, and very short lived wind swells or longer period secondary swells may produce surf not recorded, but it gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend and a rough guide to the chances of scoring something ridable.
Monthly Overview
Understanding this DataThese swell averages are calculated ONLY on swells of more than 7 seconds period. This means this is the average height of a swell that's likely to produce ridable surf NOT an average of every wave heading toward the beach in a month. Likewise the period is the average period OVER 7 seconds. There will be days that have short period wind swells that won't produce and ridable swell and these are excluded from the averages. The consistency figure gives the percentage of days that meet this condition. For example if the consistency is 50% you could expect the 'average' swell for about 15 days in the month. Of course an average tells only part of the story. A combination of very large and very small swells may produce the same average as a consistent medium sized swell. |
Monthly DataJanuaryFebruary March April May June July August September October November December Nearby SpotsMorro BayCayucos Surf Beach Cambria Pico Creek Jalama Beach County Park The Ranch - Cojo Reef Tajiguas Refugio State Beach Beavers/Hazards Sand Dollar Beach Haskels Beach Sands Beach Devereux Campus Point Leadbetter Beach Sandspit Hammonds Reef Miramar Skunk Point Tarpits/Carpinteria State Beach Rincon Point La Conchita Beach Little Rincon/Mussel Shoals Hobson County Park Faria Beach Pitas Point/Faria County Park Solimar Reef and Beach Andrew Molera State Park Emma Wood California Street (C Street) New Jetty/South Jetty Silver Strand Port Hueneme Beach Park Ormond Beach Carmel Beach Ghost Trees Moss Landing County Line/Yerba Buena Beach Staircase Beach Leo Carrillo Manresa Beach Zero/Nicholas Canyon County Beach Secos Pleasure Point Zuma Beach County Park Steamer Lane Westward Beach Point Dume Monterey Bay Offshore Latigo Canyon Four Mile Malibu - First Point Davenport Landing Topanga State Beach Chart House Rights Sunset Point Waddell Creek Santa Monica Municipal Pier Bay Street Venice Beach El Porto Beach Manhattan Beach Hermosa Beach Redondo Beach Breakwater Lunada Bay Palos Verdes Cove Haggertys Torrance Beach/Haggertys Lower Haggertys |