About

A good place to put in your daily check-out drive. Usually a pleasant vibe, despite the crowd. Good for middle-aged longboarders at Middles but has some hot yet fickle waves at the two flanking reefs.

Atmosphere:
The Cove has a lot of surf. It's always worth checking, although often crowded. The waves are bigger than at Haggs but smaller than up the coast at Indicator or Lunada.

Additional Info:
There are three spots in the Cove: 1) Little Reef, a hot little right on the north side of the Cove that breaks at high tide; 2) Middles, which goes both ways but has better rights and breaks at mid-tide; 3) Boneyards, a left on the south side of the Cove that breaks at high tide. Boneyards is the only semi-localized spot at the Cove, mostly pissy kids. Middles is the mainstay and breaks all year on any swell that reaches it including small west windswells in the summer but is heavily populated with longboards. Little Reef and Boneyards can have barrels. Middles usually doesn't but has a nice, long well-shaped wave (on the right).

Location

Access

The Cove is off of Paseo del Mar in Palos Verdes Estates. Take palos Verdes Drive North westward until it turns into Palos Verdes Drive West. Make the right turn down to Paseo del Mar. Bear right and follow Paseo del Mar downhill a block or so until you see all of the surfers cars parked on the left. There's an easy dirt road down to the Cove from there.

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