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MARINE STREET. YAKS: Body- wave often overrun with locals. Best caution. Rating: Advanced
board Central. A hideous shore- Season: All Year. Swell Direction: W, SOUTH BIRD ROCK: Just south
break teeming with bodyboarders & NW, SW. Size: 3’-8’. Tide: Low - Me- of Bird Rock Ave., this is the first
bodysurfers looking for punishment. dium. Wind: E. Bottom: Rock, Sand. recognized reef break in the La Jolla
Dangerous rip-currents & conditions Rating: Advanced. area. Works well in a variety of swell
abound. Advanced BIG ROCK: A fierce, grinding left- directions. It’s primarily a long, right-
ROCKPILE: On the biggest swells hand reef with wide-open barrels. point style wave with a shorter but
Rockpile emerges from the depths Pound for pound, Big Rock is one of equally entertaining left. Entry and
as a Sunset-style wave with a horrific the heaviest waves in California. An exit from the water can be hazardous,
shorepound. Make sure if you surf aggressive crowd, ridiculously small use caution. Rating: Advanced
here you’ve got a big board and the take-off zone & treacherous reef be- SEWERLINE: Access from Calumet
ability to paddle fast. Expert only. low make Big Rock a force to be reck- Beach Park. Lines up with old sewer
SIMMON’S REEF: Windansea’s big oned with. Surf only at a medium to pipe. Lefts & rights in N, NW & W
brother. During extremely large W & high tide unless you like tearing your swells. Best at 4’ - 6’. Rating: Interme-
NW swells Simmon’s turns on seem- skegs off. Best Season: Winter. Swell diate
ingly out of nowhere. Only breaks Direction: W, NW, SW. Size: 3’-8’. CINDY’S: Access from Calumet
when the swell is huge. Expert. Tide: Medium - High Only. Wind: E. Beach Park. Inconsistent right, best
WINDANSEA: Located _ mile Bottom: Rock, Sand. Rating: Expert at 3’ - 5’. Mushy, but gets good on W
north of Big Rock, Windansea is safe NORTH BIRD ROCK: Located swell. Left closes out.
alternative to its neighbor’s death- straight out from Bird Rock Ave, HANNAMONDS (ROCKPILE): Ac-
defying barrels. Windansea breaks North Bird Rock is a fickle reef that cess from Calumet Beach Park. Long
best on a low to medium tide & no only breaks in the biggest swells. left inside bowl. Shifty peak at 4’ - 6’
wind. A predictable left & right peak More of a novelty wave than any- on W & NW swell. Intermediate.
that breaks further out as the swell thing else, take out a larger board and
increases. Windansea is a moody practice your cutbacks. Entry & exit
from the water can be hazardous, use
