T-Street (San Clemente)
San Clemente (Orange County) · near San Clemente · Los Angeles / SoCal
Surfing
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Best season
- Year-round · One of Orange County's most consistent breaks
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Surfing detail
- Break types
- beach · reef
- Swell
- S, SW, NW · 2–7ft · Consistent peaks with reef and sand
- Tide
- Works across tides · Mid tide best
- Wind
- Morning offshore best
- Crowd
- Family-friendly and consistent, so busy — but forgiving. A local favorite.
- Board
- Shortboard, fish, or longboard
- Wetsuit
- 3/2mm most of the year · 4/3mm mid-winter · Water 60–68°F
- Intl tip
- San Clemente's beach trail connects T-Street to the pier and beyond — a lovely coastal walk. The town's Spanish-village character, surf shops, and proximity to Trestles make it a great Orange County surf base.
The guide
T-Street — named for the Trafalgar Street beach access — is San Clemente's most consistent town break, a family-friendly and fo…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to T-Street (San Clemente) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.413, -117.613