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Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaya surfboard in Macaroni, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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Pratte's Reef
USA, California, LA County
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To access the spot, you drive down Vista Del Mar towards El Segundo and if you continue driving you will see a parking lot. Turn left into the lot, you probably will need to pay a fee to enter the parking lot. Once you park, walk to the south-side of the parking lot, you will see a staircase. When you get to the sand, there will be a lifeguard tower in front of you. Just to the left of that is the reef. DistanceIn the city WalkInstant access (< 5min) Easy to find?OK Public access?Public access Special access4x4 |
Surf Spot Characteristics
Alternative name Pratte's Reef
Surf Spot Quality
Wave qualityNormal
ExperienceExperienced surfers
FrequencyRarely break (5day/year)
Wave
TypeReef-artificial
DirectionRight and left
BottomSandy
PowerHollow
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good day lengthLong (150 to 300 m)
Tide, Swell and Wind
Good swell directionNorthWest
Good wind directionEast
Swell sizeStarts working at Over 3.5m / 12ft and holds up to 2m+ / 6ft+
Best tide positionAll tides
Best tide movementRising tide
More details
Week crowdEmpty
Week-end crowdEmpty
Dangers
- Man-made danger (buoys etc..)
- Pollution
Additional Information
do not work anymore apparently; have a check just in case
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Comments
By Joe Banks, Ph.D. Oceanographer , 17-06-2007
Pratte's Folly - Pratte's Reef... They dropped the sandbags. The sandbags broke open. The sand washed away. Period. No wave was ever created by those sandbags. The pics you see are just the regular waves created by natural sandbar/beachbreak conditions. The sandbags were dumped about 30 yards from the mean low tide line. The spot was marked by a red buoy. So while the photos are of Dockweiler Beach, north of "Hammerland," they are not waves created by the sandbags. Pratte's Reef would be better named "Pratte's Folly."
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By Anonymous , 29-09-2008
Surfrider to remove Sandbags - ..at a cost of $300,000 dollars (the amount originally given by Chevron to BUILD it).
Supposedly a private donation.
They did this on behalf of surfers? Not one single surfer I know, who actually SURFS IN THIS AREA, wanted this project in this location.
Surfrider was hell-bent on putting the WOOD to some / any corporation on behalf of "surf".
They were so concerned over if they COULD....they never stopped to think, or listen to people about if they "should".
The results speak for themselves.
Sandbag Reef: Failure.