Located in Northern Orange County, Southern California. Seal Beach Pier is an average beach break that breaks on both sides of the pier over a sand bottom. The waves here are straightforward to surf and break for up to 50 meters providing fun sections for manoeuvres.
What are the best surf conditions for Seal Beach Pier?
Gets good between waist high and overhead. We recommend riding a shortboard here when bigger and a longboard when smaller. The waves here are best suited to intermediate and advanced surfers. The surf here is pretty consistent (6/10) and always has a crew on it (7/10). The best winds are offshore from the Northeast. The best swells are from the Northwest, South, Southwest, and West. Works on all tides.
We recommend wearing a 3/2 wetsuit in the summer here with the warmest water temperature reaching 20 degrees. In the winter a 4/3 is best with temps dropping to 15 degrees. See the temperature chart below for more data on this.