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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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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, 2008-08-10 19:18:14
Hey Kelly C.
"Another Pleasant Valley Sunday" (morning) in the river that is. Small background southern hemi ground swell, a touch of NW wind swell, plus some energy from Hurricane Hernan, a Cat-3 storm with winds topping out over 115 mph (185 kp
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Ray Bay, United States of America
By DrC123, 2008-07-29 23:02:36
Nurse, nurse it hurts!
Hey, Hey, don't wake up Mr. Ray!
Water temps are starting to warm up, aided by the two power stations up river pumping out hot water as residents turn on their air-conditioners. The summer Stingray breeding season is in full swing and the
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Ray Bay, United States of America
By DrC123, 2008-06-01 06:00:00
June is busting out all over
The Merry Month of May:
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Big waves are measured in increments of fear, the adrenaline rush is a blast but small waves are measured in increments of fun, and ripping up small waves can be just as good!
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Ray Bay, United States of America
By DrC123, 2007-10-24 18:12:55
October sky
"On October 4th 1957 the Soviet Union launched "Sputnik" to celebrate the "October Revolution", using an R-7 launch vehicle designed initially to carry nuclear warheads. (The satellite was 58 cm in diameter a
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Ray Bay, United States of America
By DrC123, 2007-09-25 16:55:54
Update: Ruby Tuesday
Fall came in on the wings of a fast mover (the Boeing C17 guys over in Long Beach were doing some delam repair on a B-1 bomber ... took off on full after-burners and did a low, slow flyby ... what a hell of a racket ... every car alarm within 10 bl
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Trip: Hot August nights ...
By DrC123, From 2007-08-17 to 2007-08-17
Hot August nights and the summertime blues ... no decent swell in SOCAL since July however things usually pick up by September. "Well thank you all very much" ... here are a couple of recent exceptions.
Can you nose ride
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Trip: The Endless Summer 63-73
By DrC123, From 1963-11-15 to 2007-06-07
The Swinging Sixties:
"It was the best of times it was the worst of times it was the 60's!" From the crack of a 6.5 millimeter Carcarmo on November 22nd 1963 to July 20th 1969 and the roar of the mighty Saturn 5'
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comment by ANTIPRO, 2008-07-03 20:03:04