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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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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

comment by Anonymous, 2009-03-16 22:14:37

frustrating, depressing, and weak waves
These waves have no power at all, on 5-6 ft+ days you cant ride a short board cuz they have absolutly no power to push you into them, the side currents are annoying, the overly friendly/strange loud locals are annoying, people drop in on you even if your somebody, if one were to design bottom contour it would basically be the opposite of hb cuz the disparity of where small medium and large waves break on any given is huge, limiting ones total waves for a sesh and even if you do get a wave even if it barrels its really really soft, lots of girls surf here,
basically if you ride a shortboard and engage in more progressive surfing you will hate every break at this place, but if you are patient have a big board like ''happy surf comradery'' youl fit in fine here i guess, other wise this place is really depressing almost to the point that it seems cursed

comment by Anonymous, 2009-01-17 21:06:26

waves for everyone!
I surf at the pier, everyone shares waves and just lets you go even if they are already on it! I catch so many waves by doing that and the locals dont say anything the just stare.. If anyone sees me dont be afraid to say Hi. I wear a springsuit with a hood and booties and ride a Blue 9 ft soft top. And a great place to learn!

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