Cottons Current Conditions Summary

Cottons in San Clemente, CA is a point break, suited for intermediate surfers. Current conditions: 0.5 ft waves, w 11 mph (cross-shore), rising → high. Conditions not favorable for surfing. Cottons is the northern end of the Trestles cluster at San Mateo Point and is best understood as a Trestles / San Onofre border-zone wave with San Clemente surf taxonomy. Think long left first. Average days can be softer and more cutback-oriented, but stronger south pulses push the outside point into faster walls and a more serious inside. Forecasts are updated every 3 hours using ML-corrected NOAA models with live buoy data from CDIP, NDBC, and IOOS stations.