Newport Beach, CA and vicinity ... how are the conditions?

Question

looks good on the weather channel; ... TY.

Answer 1

Both of the people who answered your ? are friggin' clueless barnyards. To label the surf as "excellent" is just plain retarded. Very rarely is it "excellent" around here. It gets really good here and there, but 95% of the time if you're not out of the water by 10:AM you missed it. The whipping south wind in the summer or the dumb north wind in the winter, it's 10:AM or bust. In 20+ years of consistent surfing the area in question, I can only truly say that it was "excellent" once...and it wasn't "excellent" it was EPIC! I remember the morning vividly. January 1st, 1996. River Jetties. Look it up. You just have to see for yourself. Anyway, besides that very late south swell last week  it's been small and shapeless. Later.

Answer 2

Duuuuuuuuuuuude!  The conditions are, like, GNARLY, Duuuuuuuuuuuude!!

Answer 3

Crowded!

But Excellent surf.