"Huntington Cliffs" CA. 9-15 foot wave faces - surfing
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2016
- Located in Huntington Beach California about 1.4 miles north of pier.
Breaks year round but biggest and best in winter Dec-March and likes a long period WSW W WNW and wrap in NW swell.
Summer time ok but better a little to the south starting at Golden West St.- 17th.
A very dependable year round break and not too over crowded!
What you see in this video is the cloud break almost 1/4 mile offshore!
On smaller days it can get great shape on the inside mostly left side of the opening you can see from Pacific Coast Hwy called "The Cove".
This day I'm video taping well to the right of that or the north parking lot, which I call "Cable Cars".
It is rumored that the old railroad tracks etc were dumped out there making a few nice peaks!
Where you see these guys surfing is the most focused and favorable spot, basically line up in front of those biggest palm trees north parking lot is what I do!
Paddle out far north of that because there is usually a side current mostly on the inside!
Not many guys make it out there because of the persistent white water, but just keep dogging it and once you get past that inside which is normally the outside it will be worth it!
Water temperatures in the winter mid to upper 50's.
Air temps normally mid- upper 40's for lows, upper 50's to sometimes 70 for highs.
Early mornings until about 9:00a.m. winds are normally offshore, but can turn onshore and blown out past 1:00p.m.
This day onshore afternoon winds were light 5-8mph 2nd half of video.
Meter and season pass parking here, but what I do is park around 21st street and walk over.
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H.B. cliffs. Long hard paddle when it's double overhead. Nonstop pounding getting out. Young man's spot.
You got that right Kevin, I think it's even harder now because that newer Bolsa Chica Jetty outlet fills in sand south at Seapoint where you could before paddle out there and take the near shore side current south to the outside to what I call Cable Cars.
From what I hear, there use to be a train track along the beach with oil wells and other things they dumped offshore making that outside peak?
Now filled in with sand kind of walls out more?
Still gets good but yes tough paddle out, lots of white water!
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I used to surf there as a kid in the mid 60's. There were still some of the old tracks visible in places. All the oil pumps were still across the street and working away full tilt. It was a fun summer wave for me. In the winter, I usually headed south from Corona del Mar where I lived back then. Tamarack was the most consistent accessible winter break for me in those days. Otherwise, I stayed home and surfed what is now called Pelican Point on the old Irvine Ranch.
the longest paddle when youre getting pounded and washed up the beach
Brings back memories of manny paddle battles & Cliffs.
45 years after, a two-hour, ice cream headache, beating that ended @ the pier, my brother & friend still talk about it. We almost, but no cigar, made it out that day.
A for effort & D for post nasal drip 💦
Won of my favorite sessions ever.
That superb ass kicking--earned Mother Nature much respect.
🤙
Miss smoking weed with the guys from korn back in the 90s at the cliffs dove tribe for life
Looks fun.
I live in HB surfed 35 years of my life until a coworker dropped a chunk of concrete on my head. So for 9 months your videos have been better than Surfline for me. Thanks for the great vids.
PS: I think the 15 foot measurement is more a length of the face rather than the height hahaha -
a little mushy but no doubt big. Some guy at the end said cable cars was breaking yeah thats big. Thanks again great vids
+Robert R. Wave face for sure at its peak breaking point, not entire ride.
Thanks a bunch for visiting , I hope somehow you can get back in the water soon!
Naw I still agree the face is at 15 feet, its just sooo laid back its only 10 foot high lol. Don't take me too seriously ---- and thanks for the well wishes.
PS: you are a god if you can catch waves at Whites Point in San Pedro.
Cheers
+Robert R. What was the best time of year you have ever seen White Point?
I have some video from I think it's called "K & G" point just up the road looking fair, kind of scoopy bowly.
I have a panned south zoom shot on top of bluff of that area with a semi tubey peak far outside and a guy on it. That was a pretty large SW swell late spring early June.
Catalina looks like some major blockage there on a south?
+henryssurfshowcase
It was not really White Point. To be more specific there is a beach lot just north of White Point beyond the baseball diamond. Down that short road you park at the north end of the lot. Just north of that lot on a strong swell that makes it between the islands, the place is a rock reef along a cliff. Look it up on google earth and Im sure you can see the reef just beyond where Anchovies street (think that was the name)dead ends at the cliff. When I was a kid we used to go off the buoy readings and sometimes it was worth the drive from HB. More often than not we should have stayed home. But at 17yo with a bunch of friends in the early 80's (El Nino)the place was like big Newport point but going right. Guys much older than us said it was not a good idea to paddle out, told us they were going to slash all our tires. Yeah the good ol days hahaha
+Robert R. I have seen pretty good rights in the Royal Palms area, sounds a little south of the place you describe?
It was in January on the same west swell as my Lunada Bay video.
I did not get any video that day of Royal Palms just a drive by.
I will put it on my radar, may take until next winter?
I will tell them you sent me, ha ha....
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The paddle out must of been fun. Uhrrr.
Boxcars.....if you don't time it right, you're not getting out. Brutal paddle out.
It used to be a little easier paddle up the beach at Seapoint, but since Bolsa Chica outlet was put there sand piles up down beach making those waves break to far outside.
It also kind of ruined the peak at Boxcars, but still kind of there..
@@henryssurfshowcase ive have surfed the Cliffs since i was a kid, with the Cove boys. One thing is there is no channel, sometimes a lot of work for little return. Fall is my favoritre when the swells cross up.
@@henryssurfshowcase Stop with that story. Total BS.
Bet the north side of HB pier was pumping on this day!
Dude I surf there I live in HB and go to Marina High School. I'm on the Surf team. That's where we always surf. The waves can get pretty steep. It's cool place.
Ryan Harris it's not that hard to get on a surf team. Seen some people who can barely make a shoulder on some
The waves seem to be drifting North, with the offshore sand all it's not a Summer swell. Sure shifting left though! A straight in West?!
Yes for sure straight W 270 even a little 265 degrees.
Actually fairly rare as most winter swells are WNW or even mostly too NW missing most of Southern California and for sure brings in too much side current mostly at smooth sand bottom breaks.
This link below is the same swell Lunada Bay, S swells are almost impossible to get into that bay, Some big SW swells can 225 approx best for Middles or Avalanche.
For Huntington Beach that direction is a full Catalina Island wave blocker
ua-cam.com/video/shp2FoCGpqk/v-deo.html
your videos are cool, let it go, Its big enough
yes, we can surf, arriving on 01 june from Melbourne
Awesome welcome when you get here! Newport gets good tubes in summer!
A lot are wasted because it dredges pretty hard although the shape is not so good most times, but still pull in material!
Waves in the 90's have a specific 90's look to them
Hi JahRasta01 , besides the older camera look, which this was actual tape SVHS.
Also since the Bolsa Chica Outlet was built around 2006?
I think the wave off the Huntington Cliffs Box Cars? Cable Cars? Has not been the same.
Mostly because the sand build up coming out of there in winter going from north to south has filled in that outside peak!
Seapoint used to be a lot deeper on the outside where the paddle out was, now it breaks to far outside there.
Seapoint although can now actual get good and better than it was before.
But that used to be where the paddle out zone was for the peak at Box Car which now has been filled in out there. It still breaks but the “peak” closes out much easier now.
That’s the way I remember it, much better on big winter swells before Outlet was built.
The Bolsa Chica Outlet can get good now also!
The first year or so was epic with a major sandbar coming out of there. Still ok now , but nothing like when it first opened up..
@@henryssurfshowcase Both the Camera, The Wave, and the intangible 90's effect that can't really be explained.
I'm from Half Moon Bay, and all of our old home-made videos just have that radical look similar to what you have going on here.
Love your videos by the way, very relaxing.
Maybe because cameras back then were tape analog? Now it’s all digital, sharper but not smoother or more natural looking?..
I surfed this place many times when it was this size and bigger. I feared for my life a couple times.
Surfed there with my North Long Beach surfer bros. in the 60's -- smokin' doobies and surfin' all day.
Awesome videos man! What year is this one from?
+Jack Malczynski Hi, I just checked my records for you. It was 1-31-1998 pretty much as good as it gets!
The one problem I think what is wrong with this outside break now is due to the Bolsa Chica Overview Outlet that was built after this video.
It filled in and deposited too much sand for the outside break, especially to the north at Seapoint where it was fairly easy to paddle out from, when before the peak would focus over to The Cliffs outside , now wants to wall over and break across.
Thanks for your comment, If we get any new big and clean surf I will do my best to capture it for everyone!
The one thing that makes it difficult for me is I end up surfing instead....
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+Jack Malczynski Hello Jack, I accidentally erased your nice comment on my "Ventura Pier CA." video.
I wanted you to check this new one just out, " Surfer Jumps Off Huntington Beach Pier CA. 3-8-2016"
Here's the link, hope you like it, thanks a bunch for visiting my channel... ua-cam.com/video/_c60cfrwRvQ/v-deo.html
Aaaahhhhh They Never Surfed Boxcars. Ho Hum.. Good Nite
chain link fence era
crazy story about this place- so i paddle out with my 5'0'' soft top, thinking its gonna catch some good waves. paddle out was easy, it was right in between sets. i had been sitting out there for a while realizing that i should have brought a different board. i got tired of sitting around, and a big set wave came, probably 8ft, and this may not seem big, but im only 5'3''. so i go on the wave fully commit, grab my rail, and realize im not gonna make it. so i let go, and get sucked over the falls backwards, slam my back on the sand, and have my fin hit my ear. i went straight in, and that was it.
Never write a soft top do you want learn how to surf like that unless you’re some hybrid specialist which I doubt that’s the case
Yea maybe the sand from the inlet changed it a little but overall it doesn’t really affect boxcars what did change is where the inside break is at Seapoint in the fall it is good everywhere once the shape gets more walled towards winter the better shaped waves are primarily towards the light and the inlet because sand gets pumped out from the inlet there once every year from a big pipe which fills in the sand in a good way there but ruins the normal inside break at the north end of cliffs and tower 26 once the sand fills in there because it’s too shallow and walled from all the sand pumped out from Seapoint and the swell getting more walled going from fall to winter but once a few big west swells hit the sand at the north end of Seapoint gets ruined and the sand at the south end of Seapoint gets better because it’s deeper and the shape is better! Inside bars at bolsa and goldenwest to the pier also get better too! that zone at boxcars reef likes a big west but if it’s too big and not mixed up enough it’ll wall out even at boxcars but if there’s some background swell making it have more shape and breaking it up it will have better waves coming in on the reef at far north end of cliffs for the further south peak to get good it needs a really westerly swell and pretty broken up shape and be pretty much nearly as big as it gets to break really good
the cliffs is best on a peaky wind swell. Watch out for the dogs, they sneak up on you and bite your legs.
And the landmines from dogs are an issue lol but yes I agree on the mid period stuff is fun for this place. Also combos.
Oregon coast got waves galore if u like cold and a long..brutal paddle out
At 2:37 that guys so far back it’s like he’s pulling his emergency breaks or something lol
Lol at 1:05 that outside is what you WANT!! But paddling back out from the inside is a “son of a bitch ,of course “ moment lol
Looks, from a distance, like a mushburger. Don`t be deceivedThis place can ruffle your feathers, if you know....
rather surf ob..sf if i gotta paddle waayy out
you'd think it would be more punchy for being a beach break ,,
Huntington is generally mushy, sometimes it can tube mostly needs offshore winds for that!
A lot of whitewater that's for sure.
Newport much more hollow and possible makeable tubes, although most times likes to close out there..
looks like a long paddle...
+xisotopex Yes it is a miserable paddle out through lots of whitewater!
Average set 9' I would say. A South swell, still I bet it's freezing due to upwelling. Try to stay in one place! Hah! You paddle opposite and get burned out quick!
This day it was straight west long period, water was about 58.5, there was not much side current running north to south mostly on the inside.
First part of this video was the morning after Lunada Bay link below, the 2nd part of this video was in the afternoon the same day driving home from there..
ua-cam.com/video/shp2FoCGpqk/v-deo.html
henryssurfshowcase Wonder how lowers was?
Lowers likes a S swell summer, Uppers or Church probably primo on this swell!
Also my small thumbnail photo was Redondo Breakwater after Lunada,, I was in Hammerland 4 or 5 guys out.
After that headed home and caught the Huntington Cliffs afternoon 2nd part of this video..
The 1st part was early morning next day, great swell!!!!
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Thats not bad at the cliffs BUT 9-15 foot faces? I do not think so. I have surfed big waves there that get BIG on occasion. With a lot of current up the coast.
Go through a few freeze frames of the biggest waves for me and tell me how big then, wave faces trough to crest?
Notice the thumbnail photo is breaking very far out and off main peak, I get a solid and easy 14 feet on that one.
The lifeguard surf report that day was saying at the pier sets up to 15.
Almost always in winter the cliffs are bigger than the pier.
I saw the pier also, this was hitting bigger.
I'm talking about peak wave height and not the ones necessarily anyone is riding on...
hiliarioussurfshowcase So I looked at it and did not see waves at 14'. That size would be over double overhead! The other odd thing you say is the cliffs get bigger than the pier. I have not seen that in the many years I have surf checked both before I padled. The size is not very different but the pier is a little bigger but not way bigger. It is the bottom that causes this not the swell.
The Cliffs most times are bigger than the pier on large long period winter swells 17-20 seconds, that is because of the bottom.
We have a disagreement on this, as the wave period decreases to around 16 secs or less the pier will fill in and hit bigger
I received your PM message Brian, I don't know why it will not post here?
It is not in a spam folder either?
I tried to send you back a message and it failed?
Anyways thanks for the cool surf story about The Huntington Cliffs....
Maybe you needed to stay in OC for whatever reason but I bet the Queen was all time on this swell!
A lot of great places for waves on swells like this in winter, yes Rincon for sure!
It’s too high tide tourists home
Spot can’t handle this size maxed out
4'-5' Hawaiian scale. walled up, but nice day
Good footage but if that's 15 foot, I got foot long.
Hi Brad, I go by “peak” wave face trough to crest.”
If you know the Huntington Cliffs well, this thumbnail photo with nobody on it is breaking very far outside!
No less than 14 feet peak trough to crest wave face.
Easy 15 feet I think, the other guys are catching a few maybe 7 to 10 feet mostly?
When it breaks on the outside here even at an extreme low tide needs minimum 6.
Watching video knocks it down a lot, try freeze framing a few with surfers on the wave.
If it’s over their head unless they are 3 feet tall it’s over 6 for sure!.
@@henryssurfshowcase Wave height is very subjective really. I'm just going by how I judged waves growing up in SoCal in the 70s.
Basically 4 to 5 Hawaiian ha ha.
But I can tell you the Huntington Cliffs on a day like this is a very tough paddle out!
If it’s only maybe 6 to 7 feet what does that say when most guys can not even get out there?
From what I remember San Pedro buoy was in the 10 feet 17 sec range?
Maybe 8 foot swell here at Cliffs?.
More like 5 to 7 feet+. Come on.
Otherwise known as dog beach these days...
mush...mush..
long ass paddle 4 shit
You took the words outta my mouth - Long paddle for a shitty wave.
They call that 9-15 more like 7-10 they are way off
Hi Wavez, I agree that the waves surfers were riding were not 15 feet on the face peak trough to crest.
But that thumbnail photo set was easily!
15 ft my ass
9-15? umm. We have a kook on our hands!
You're the one who would have a hard time explaining to your few buddies, why you could not make a paddle out here past the first whitewater
Ohh how cute! Turning to ad hominem attacks because you were exposed for the lying piece of shit you are. Nice try, Kook.
I remember you from my Refugio State Park video, calling yourself a local there.
No lying, this Huntington Beach Cliffs video is much bigger than Refugio will ever get on any given day!
Good luck catching your claimed break over 4 foot faces a very few times a year...
Been out there on a 15ft day thanks. I can tell your level of surfin by claming these 7 footers to be 15! Grow a sack
Sure you have keyboard surfer!
I can see your blank profile page with nothing to show but big talk on my page trolling.
If you notice the profile picture here in this video, nobody was even close to catching it and a few other much bigger waves that came in trough to crest
those waves suck,
rather surf trestles
I'm sure it was awesome in the Trestles area this day!
ya man.. Huntington is highly overrated. all swells hit the trestles area and they break over a reef.. no shifty sand bar bullshit
The new pier built after around 1992 is all wrong, it builds up sand underneath with those angled pilings, the lifeguard first T is placed wrong also and rarely gets a good reform shorebreak anymore like it used to!
I also think the opening of Bolsa Chica jetties has pushed sand south filling in what was a better outside peak here at The Cliffs some call "Cable Cars".
Sometimes on the biggest days if the side current is not too ridicules it can get good far outside end of pier Ruby's, that is very rare maybe 2 times a year? Mostly best away from it.
And don't forget about those fishing lines and hooks in the line-up, ya Surf City- end rant......
I would rather you surf trestles too...
9 to 15 ?
kkkk joker
+lp z "Wave faces" peak section trough to crest"! Ok so you tell me how big? Remember 2nd grade math, 12 inches equal 1 foot....
15 feet
LOL hahahahaha
keep dreaming
Did not see you out there, and I don't even see a picture of you surfing on your page? I am willing to bet you could not even make a paddle out here on a day like that, just saying!
It must look bigger to people when they're sitting on their sofa.
choose the day and the place, Newba.