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Surf Spot Characteristics |
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alternative name | Seal Beach River Mouth |
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Surf Quality |
| | wave quality | Regional Classic |
| | experience | all surfers |
| | surf frequency | regular |
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Wave |
| type | rivermouth |
| | direction | right and left |
| | bottom | sandy |
| | power | - hollow
- fast
- fun
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| | normal length | long (150 to 300 m) |
| | good day | very Long (300 to 500 m) |
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Tide, Swell and Wind |
| | swell direction | - NorthWest
- SouthWest
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| | wind direction | - NorthWest
- NorthEast
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| | swell size | starts working at less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+ |
| | tide position | low and mid tide |
| | tide movement | rising and falling tides |
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Author: Kevin J. Cuthbertson
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Ray Bay Access |
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Located in the small beach community of Seal Beach
in the breakwaters at the mouth of the San Gabriel river. There is a large parking lot or some street parking is usually available. |
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distance | in the city |
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walk | instant access (<5 mn) |
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easy to find? | easy to find |
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public access? | public access |
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special access | Don't know |
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More Details on Surfing |
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week crowd |
ok |
| week-end crowd |
crowded |
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dangers | - rips / undertow
- pollution
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webcam url | http://www.surfline.com |
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Additional Surfing Infos |
| | Works best in the morning when conditions are usually glassy or very light offshore. Best tide is low or incoming. There are three breaks in the river mouth between the breakwaters. "Crabs" by the south wall, "Middles" and "North Wall". The center break is usually a peak with a long right wall almost like a point break and on a good day if the banks are right, it is possible to ride 150 yards all the way through Crabs! The North Wall is both a hollow right and a short but hot left! At times there is a very strong north west current that will send you express to Catalina Island!
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Overview |
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Atmosphere |
When El Nino pushes big south swells and Huntington is walled out "Ray Bay" Seal Beach can produce sick overhead fast hollow tubes with 5 second coverups! Usually not so crowded during the week can become a zoo on the weekend with beginners! |
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General |
Seal Beach, yes there are Seals in the water and "Ray Bay" has to do with the largest concentration of Stingrays in SOCAL due to the outflow of warm water from the upstream power plants, is a local "secret" spot poo pooed by the Huntington crew until it turns on then they flock to it in droves! |
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Ray Bay, United States of America
By DrC123, 2009-10-17 07:00:00
Montezuma's Revenge
First rain of the year in SOCAL from a big low pressure system in the Gulf of Alaska, sliding down the coast bringing some overhead plus swells. Water in the river was a dirty black and full of trash getting washed down from the storm water drains.
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Ray Bay, United States of America
By DrC123, 2009-10-08 07:00:00
Season of the Witch
Hello Pumpkin heads: Season of Mists or Season of the Witch? Past three days surf has been classic chest to head high Ray Bay on an incoming tide with a combo of NW/SW groundswells. Clean glassy conditions with a light offshore
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Ray Bay, United States of America
By DrC123, 2009-09-30 07:00:00
Angels dining at the Ritz
Update: Summer is on the wane and so are the South swells but the big Northwesters from the Gulf of Alaska are lining up! (9/27) A foggy morn in Sealie Town .... Don't know about nightingale's singing in Berkley Square but the Riv
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Ray Bay, United States of America
By DrC123, 2009-07-22 17:00:00
Leisure Suit Larry
Leisure suit Larry recently deported from Thailand (but that's another story) came out with me the other morning at Ray Bay after having surfed such exotic Indo spots as "Cloud Nine". On his first wave in waist high junk he grabbed hi
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Ray Bay, United States of America
By DrC123, 2009-07-10 07:00:00
Low tide screamers
Latest Update: July 9th, long period 190 degree southern hemi swell with chest to head high sets and glassy conditions combined with a minus low tide made for some real screamers from middles across Crabs! You only made a few all the way, you were
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comment by ANTIPRO, 2008-07-03 20:03:04