T-Street

T-Street is a quirky San Clemente classic, built on consistency but seasoned with a wild, unpredictable character. A chaotic blend of sandbars, reef, rock, and seaweed shapes its personality, offering lefts and rights that unfold across three distinct zones: the Reef, Cropley’s, and Beach House. When a strong south swell pulses in, lefts set up on the outside reef—starting slow and mellow before peeling over an inside rock shelf into a faster, more critical section. Come winter, the script flips: longer, workable rights wrap off the reef, finishing in a collapsing shorebreak that demands your full attention.

Best Surf Season (December - February)

The T-Street surf year is all about the winter months. With the North Pacific storm track aimed squarely at Southern California, December, January and February deliver the most consistent W/WSW groundswell while interior high pressure pumps northeast offshore flow. Ideal wind is favorable 45-54% of the time, average wave periods hover around 12-12.5s, and wave heights sit mostly in the 2-3ft (0.6-0.9m) range, with more 3-5ft (0.9-1.5m) sets showing up in February and early March. Water temperatures hover in the low teens Celsius, so dawn patrol requires rubber, but the glassy, lined-up conditions are well worth it.