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Mavericks (Half Moon Bay) Seasonal Surf Averages
Swell Consistency and Wind Overview
This graph shows the percentage of days that had a ridable wind swell (7 seconds period or more) or groundswell (10 seconds period or more) of over 3ft. It also shows the dominant wind direction. Not all of these days will neccessarily give great surf, and very short lived wind swells or longer period secondary swells may produce surf not recorded, but it gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend and a rough guide to the chances of scoring something ridable.
Monthly Overview
Understanding this DataThese swell averages are calculated ONLY on swells of more than 7 seconds period. This means this is the average height of a swell that's likely to produce ridable surf NOT an average of every wave heading toward the beach in a month. Likewise the period is the average period OVER 7 seconds. There will be days that have short period wind swells that won't produce and ridable swell and these are excluded from the averages. The consistency figure gives the percentage of days that meet this condition. For example if the consistency is 50% you could expect the 'average' swell for about 15 days in the month. Of course an average tells only part of the story. A combination of very large and very small swells may produce the same average as a consistent medium sized swell. |
Monthly DataJanuaryFebruary March April May June July August September October November December Nearby SpotsLinda Mar / PacificaOcean Beach Marin County Stinson Beach Bolinas Bolinas Jetty Waddell Creek Davenport Landing Four Mile Steamer Lane Pleasure Point Monterey Bay Offshore Manresa Beach Dillon Beach Moss Landing Salmon Creek Ghost Trees Carmel Beach Andrew Molera State Park Secrets Black Point Beach Point Arena Sand Dollar Beach Caspar Beach Pico Creek Cambria Virgin Creek Cayucos Morro Bay Shell Beach Shelter Cove Oceano/Pismo Surf Beach Jalama Beach County Park The Ranch - Cojo Reef Eureka Tajiguas Refugio State Beach Moonstone beach Beavers/Hazards Patricks Point Haskels Beach Sands Beach Devereux Campus Point Leadbetter Beach Sandspit Hammonds Reef Miramar Tarpits/Carpinteria State Beach Skunk Point Rincon Point Klamath River La Conchita Beach Little Rincon/Mussel Shoals Hobson County Park Faria Beach Pitas Point/Faria County Park Solimar Reef and Beach Emma Wood California Street (C Street) South Beach New Jetty/South Jetty Silver Strand Port Hueneme Beach Park Ormond Beach Brookings County Line/Yerba Buena Beach Staircase Beach Leo Carrillo |