Huntington Beach Beach Break Surf Spots
Beach Break Surf Spots
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach is the recognized Surf City USA for a good reason. The 10-mile shoreline is a surfer’s paradise thanks to reliable year-round swell and thriving, ingrained surf culture. From the beginner feeling the adrenaline of a first paddle-out in calm, shimmering waves to the seasoned shredder soaking up the stoke near the pier, each of the five diverse beaches welcomes a different kind of surfer. Surf lessons, surfing competitions, surf stores, the International Surfing Museum, and other activities let you experience surf culture at its best.
Beach Break
Areas in the ocean where the waves break over a sandy bottom are known as beach breaks. The waves at beach breaks are constantly changing because the sand is often shifting because of tides, currents, and storms. You can be surfing flawless peeling lefts one day and close-out waves the next at the same surf spot. The surf break could be in one location one day and 200 yards along the shoreline the next. The constantly shifting bottom produces a very unpredictable and dynamic surf break. Because they have a softer and safer bottom than reef breaks, beach breaks are excellent places for beginning surfers to practice.
