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Huntington Beach


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Surf Spot Characteristics
    Surf Quality
 wave qualityRegional Classic
 experience
 surf frequencyDon't know
    Wave
typebeach-break
 directionright and left
 bottomsandy
 power- hollow
- powerful
- ordinary
- fun
- powerless
 normal lengthnormal (50 to 150m)
 good daynormal (50 to 150m)
    Tide, Swell and Wind
 swell direction- North
- NorthWest
- West
- SouthWest
- South
 wind direction- East
- NorthEast
 swell sizestarts working at less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 4m+ / 12ft
 tide positionall tides
 tide movementrising and falling tides
  Author: Anonymous
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Huntington Beach Access
  Drive along Pacific Coast Hwy (Hwy 1) in the heart of conservative Orange County. Located south of Los Angeles and north of San Diego.
  distancein the city
  walkinstant access (<5 mn)
  easy to find?easy to find
  public access?public access
  special accessDon't know
    More Details on Surfing
  week crowd crowded
week-end crowd ultra crowded
  dangers- rips / undertow
- localism
- pollution
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Additional Surfing Infos
 From Bolsa Chica to the north, to Santa Ana River Jetties to the south, Huntington Beach offers mile after mile of classic southern California beach break. The most crowded area is usually around the Huntington Beach Pier at Main St.and PCH. Parking is widely available for a fee. Plenty of facilities and tons of people. Huntington is VERY consistant and almost always has waves while other areas are flat. This area works best on combo swells, say nw and sw, so as to break up the long walls into workable peaks. Big, one direction swells tend to wall and create strong side shore currents.
  Overview
  Atmosphere Crowded, aggressive and crazy, but a lot of fun. In the summer small waves (except on a big south swell) warm water and beach, tons of chicks and tourists and freaks and assorted loons!
In the winter cool to cold water, bigger, more consistant surf and fewer weirdos, but still a whole lot of surfers.
Offshore winds from the east and/or northeast can turn Huntington into a "magazine quality" wave. In the summer and fall keep your feet off the sandy bottom as warm water can bring in lots and lots of stingrays!!!
  General Huntington Beach and Pier is a classic. One of those places every surfer should visit at least once. Crowded and competitive by the pier, mellower up or down the beach. For a good breakfast try the Sugar Shack on Main St. Lots of big "Surf and Sports" in town so you can get any surf gear you need. For a taste of the old Huntington before the yuppies and track homes visit the Chuck Dent surf shop.
 
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DatumWGS84 [ Help ]
GPS Lat.33° 39.33828' N
GPS Long.118° 0.20525' W
PrecisionApproximate
 
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admaratas avatar
Huntington Beach, United States of America
By admaratas, 2007-12-29 10:34:09
Cliffs
It was okay. wind made it slightly bumpy. high tide made it a challenge.
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Huntington Beach, United States of America
By admaratas, 2007-12-26 07:15:35
Good Peaks @ Cliffs
goooooooood waves with occasional overhead peakers. lots of peaks everywhere. high tide of 6+ was sort of a challenge. but if you were one of the lucky ones when the bigger sets came in it was almost classic.
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Huntington Beach, United States of America
By The Bum, 2007-05-25 01:20:00
HB Pier-SS
Crowded and boring.  Had one short left that closed out almost immediately.  Hope a new swell comes soon.
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Huntington Beach, United States of America
By Pooface, 2007-02-11 01:11:10
Contest
I GOT FIRST IN THE CONTEST!!!!!
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Huntington Beach, United States of America
By DAKer54, 2006-11-06 05:25:52
worth it
bolsa chica dawn patrolhigh tide but juicystate beach 10am glassy barrelsbest it gets down there
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comment by longboardphil, 2008-01-23 19:34:31

cold but cool
Great spot and great people. Surfed 10 days in January here and I could stay longer, no problema. A good vibe in the water. Dolphins, Seals and Pelicans. No stress. Thanks folks for a good time

comment by Wade (NZ), 2007-12-06 03:57:43

CALIFORNIA IS OVERRATED
Damn California and its bloody 'surfer image' stereotype...it is seriously has the most overrated scene and waves ive ever come across, crappy 4ft during 4 months of winter i was there and even HB!!!!the waves suck and the water is polluted and there are 50 yr olds everywhere who claim their spots...waste of my bloody time, made the pilgrimage to CALI and im never coming back...

comment by Anonymous, 2007-09-03 04:05:41

marty
better than bell's what joke bell's holds 20ft huntington holds what max 8ft

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