San Simeon Point

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Datum: WGS84 [ Help ]
Precision: Approximate

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Latitude: 35° 38.11' N
Longitude: 121° 11.632' W

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Access

Drive to the top of San Simeon Point.

DistanceTake a car

WalkInstant access (< 5min)

Easy to find?Easy to find

Public access?Public access

Special accessBy boat only

Surf Spot Characteristics

Alternative name Simeon's / S point

Surf Spot Quality

Wave qualityTotally Epic

ExperienceExperienced surfers

FrequencyRarely break (5day/year)

Wave

TypePoint-break

DirectionRight

BottomSandy

PowerHollow, Fast, Powerful, Fun

Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)

Good day lengthLong (150 to 300 m)

Tide, Swell and Wind

Good swell directionSouth, SouthEast

Good wind directionNorth, NorthWest, West, NorthEast

Swell sizeStarts working at 1.5m-2m /5ft-6ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+

Best tide positionLow and mid tide

Best tide movementRising tide

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Week crowdEmpty

Week-end crowdFew surfers

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Dangers

- Rocks

Additional Information

Atmosphere

When you see San Simeon doing its thing... its a beautiful thing. A large point facing SE - ESE which is a blessing and a curse... Meaning that anything from NE to NW is offshore, and that W blows from the cliffs into the white wash to the face, having a side offshore affect that makes the wave better if anything.

The first spot is the reefy piece of land at the very top of the point... a big wave break on large NW and West swells.... there is a picture of it below.

Over time the sand that has washed past the cove at the very top of the point has collected at the beginning of the cove and made a nice hollow cove wave only on BIG S-SE hurricane swells. Since it breaks so infrequently the sand has not spread further down the rest of the now currently deepwater point to make a longer and better wave...