Surf Climatology
Best Time to Surf Uppers
San Clemente, CA
Uppers is a surf break in San Clemente, 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 Uppers is May & Oct, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.
Peak surf season: May & Oct.
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:MayOct
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Peak monthsThis monthOff-peakTap a bar for details.
Jan: 3.2ft average swell at 9.5 s from the W.
Feb: 3.2ft average swell at 9.9 s from the WSW.
Mar: 3.2ft average swell at 9.6 s from the WSW.
Apr: 3.1ft average swell at 9.8 s from the SW.
May: 3.1ft average swell at 10.9 s from the SSW.
Jun: 2.8ft average swell at 10.6 s from the SSW.
Jul: 2.7ft average swell at 10.7 s from the SSW.
Aug: 2.9ft average swell at 10.5 s from the SSW.
Sep: 2.9ft average swell at 10.5 s from the SSW.
Oct: 2.8ft average swell at 11.2 s from the SSW.
Nov: 2.7ft average swell at 10.3 s from the SW.
Dec: 2.8ft average swell at 10.2 s from the WSW.
Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at 33.5°, -117.5°.
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