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Best Time to Surf El Porto

Manhattan Beach, CA

El Porto is a surf break in Manhattan Beach, CA, and this page shows the time of year when it usually gets the most surf. The figures are three years of offshore wave data, 2022 to 2024, averaged month by month at the nearest offshore point. The peak surf season at El Porto is Jan & Feb, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.

Peak surf season: Jan & Feb.

Based on the 3-year average offshore wave height, 2022–2024.

Best time to visit

3-year monthly avg · offshore significant wave height · 2022–2024

Peak surf season:JanFeb
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Peak monthsThis monthOff-peakTap a bar for details.
Jan: 3.4ft average swell at 9.1 s from the W.
Feb: 3.2ft average swell at 8.9 s from the WSW.
Mar: 3.1ft average swell at 8.3 s from the WSW.
Apr: 2.9ft average swell at 8 s from the WSW.
May: 2.8ft average swell at 9.4 s from the SW.
Jun: 2.5ft average swell at 8.8 s from the SW.
Jul: 2.3ft average swell at 9.1 s from the SW.
Aug: 2.4ft average swell at 8.9 s from the SW.
Sep: 2.4ft average swell at 9.2 s from the SW.
Oct: 2.4ft average swell at 10 s from the SW.
Nov: 2.4ft average swell at 9 s from the WSW.
Dec: 2.8ft average swell at 9.4 s from the WSW.

Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at 34.0°, -118.5°.

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