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Galveston (Flagship Pier)

Break: Beach
Skill level: Beginner to intermediate
Best season: Autumn
Crowds: Medium
Swell: SE, S, E
Wind: N, NW
Location: 29.2861, -94.7883

Hazards

Pier
Small wave most days

Sandbar peaks alongside Galveston's piers. Small most of the year but lights up with tropical and winter cold-front swells in the Gulf.

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