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Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaia surfboard in Lances Left, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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Swamis
USA, California, San Diego County
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Latitude: 33° 2.068' N |
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Right down the cliff from Swami Paramahansa Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship. DistanceTake a car WalkShort walk (5-15 mn) Easy to find?Easy to find Public access?Public access Special accessDon't know |
Surf Spot Characteristics
Surf Spot Quality
Wave qualityWorld Class
ExperienceExperienced surfers
FrequencyRegular
Wave
TypePoint-break
DirectionRight
BottomFlat rocks with sand
Power
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good day lengthLong (150 to 300 m)
Tide, Swell and Wind
Good swell directionNorthWest, West
Good wind directionEast
Swell sizeStarts working at Less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 5m / 16 ft and over
Best tide positionLow and mid tide
Best tide movement
More details
Week crowdCrowded
Week-end crowdUltra crowded
Dangers
- Rocks
Additional Information
There is a small parking lot right above the break; otherwise, park along the PCH.
Paddle out in the channel a quarter-mile south of the main pak - nothing breaks there
Atmosphere
Swell describes the crowds as 'hideous to unbearable,' 'a bunch of snake charmers...' Surfer once wrote about an 'unenlightened fiberclass curtain descending...' how could I say it better?
still, the place is pretty laid-back.
General
Don't bring an attitude or board under 8'
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Comments
By Garek , 16 Feb
Get lucky here - While the crowd is crazy 4ft and up, You can score an amazing wave here, left or right. Sit between the groms on the inside and the vets sitting too far outside typically. You know you're in the right spot when everyone is paddling at you from all directions haha. Sometimes looking for the left will put you deep into position for the right and you'll have every right to make the drop. Even if you get dropped in on, wait 5 sec and they'll make 1 cut and out. When it's huge and the crowd is a parking lot, move north to Boneyards, the main peak in front of the historic house atop the hill. At 5ft and up it's still pretty empty and can hollow out very well. W, NW will make a super long right hand wall. S, SW will make a preferred left hander that can get super hollow. Swami's is crowded for a reason, it holds the largest range of swell in north county for those of you that want a channel to get back out.
By Surf Dawg , 14-05-2010
Swami's - One of the best waves in California. It will hold as big as it gets with perfection. I've looked at it for years, and surfed it once.
Unfortunately it is VERY VERY crowded.
Good luck.
By Anonymous , 25-08-2009
- Some dude posted that his three best sessions at swaims were; a session in the dark, a session in complete fog, and another session were he only surfed the short lefts. I'm sure he got some good waves, but what a joke. This is the most crowded spot in So. Cal next to lower trestles or Malibu. You pretty much have to surf at night or in the fog to get uncontested waves here. At swaims you will find uncordinated women, beginers, old retired wave-hogging longboarders, kooks frothing groms, pros, guys (and some girls) who rip, and everything in between. Last time I surfed swaims I saw a guy riding a fish listening to a waterproof I-Pod. That's just gay, plus how is he going to hear the other kooks hout him off a wave. Crowds have destroyed this spot. I'll se you somewhere else.
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