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Hazards
California's big-wave colossus. A deep-water right breaking half a mile off Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, focusing storm swells onto a slab of reef into 30–60ft faces. Strictly expert.
Cliff-bound beach below La Jolla's Torrey Pines. A submarine canyon focuses energy onto its banks, producing some of the heaviest, ho...
Long, mellow right-hand reef/rivermouth at the mouth of the San Elijo lagoon. A staple North County intermediate wave that handles most c...
Long beach break and outer reef peaks at the Los Angeles/Ventura county line. Picks up almost any swell and offers something for every le...
North end of the Manhattan Beach sand strip. The most reliable beach break in the South Bay — sand pulled in by the Santa Monica Canyon p...
