Spot Guide › United States › California › Mushroom Rock → Miramar
California, United States · 37.4931, -122.4661
Best wind
No wind required in adequate swell; W/NW can help, NNW side-shore can complicate
Season
Winter data set; 6–10 ft, 10–14 s swell was common in the report
Water
Refracted Pacific swell; glassy morning rollers and optional afternoon wind assist
Experience
Advanced open-ocean swell downwinder
Hazards
Long paddle, open-ocean swell, reef shallows, shipping-channel marker, abrupt energy loss in shallow water and solo-shuttle exposure. This is not a beginner route.
Parking & access
The forum describes a self-shuttle by leaving a scooter on the Miramar coastal trail and cycling to Mushroom Rock; verify legal parking, trail rules and unattended-gear security.
“Progression Project forum first-hand log documents repeated roughly two-mile no-wind downwind laps from Mushroom Rock to Miramar, driven by refracted ocean swell around Pillar Point. The author reports more than 60 laps and says the most usable energy is generally over water deeper than about 25–30 ft.”
— via Progression Project forum — public topic and post research, last verified 2026-08-02
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