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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
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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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Huntington Beach, United States of America
By Chocolate Fish, 2009-03-26 06:30:00
dawn patrol
its getting warmer. . . too many bodyboarders in the water.
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Huntington Beach, United States of America
By AnnieRips, 2008-09-13 08:00:00
SMACK
GOT SOME SMACKS!!!
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Huntington Beach, United States of America
By The Bum, 2008-08-12 10:12:00
HB Pier-SS

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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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Trip: California
By miguelsp, From 1999-02-01 to 1999-03-07
Viaje a Califormina.
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comment by Anonymous, 2009-08-28 00:21:38

HB Locals are lame!
I moved to HB from S.D. and lived there for 4 years, I hated this beach break! I heard so much about growing up in S.D. and was excited to surf here but when I started paddleing out I realized that wave not fun to ride, the current pushed you north alot, so I would always be fighting the current and the locals there are total assho*es. They dont even respect eachother, it's like there all fighting to be the next Kelly Slater or somthing.. The yell at eachother, get into fight on the shore, is this what surfing in the O.C. is all about? I soon after moved back down to O'l San Dog where people respect eachother and know what surfing is all obout, good times with friends. You guys can have the U.S. open and all that hot air up there

comment by Anonymous, 2009-08-13 08:05:14

whatever
i live in HB its a great beach to get surf year round, but its by no means amazing. i'm grateful to live at a consistent beach break but i wouldnt recommend for someone to visit just to surf. there are enough point breaks around that are better

comment by Anonymous, 2009-03-31 07:57:33


i was born in newport beach just south of here. if your not from oc dont even come to huntington we dont need any kooks

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