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Do The Math  February 14 2010 | Surf Protection, Surf Economics,
by Chad Nelsen  If you take the coast of California between San
Francisco to the Mexican border, which is roughly 500 miles, and
grossly estimate that there is one class “A” surf break every
50-miles, that would total 10. Then, say there is one class “B”
break very 5-miles which adds 100 breaks to the total. Once
again, let’s assume that there is yet another class “C” break
every 5-miles to add another 100 breaks, making a grand total of
250, with, in truth, most of the surfers being drawn to the
better third.  250 Surf spots  Now, let’s say that there are
500,000 active surfers in California, and that on any sunny
weekend day with a 4-foot swell running, that 10% will hit the
surf. Now, let’s consider that at least 1/3rd of those 250
breaks will be completely off-duty due to swell direction. That
makes for 50,000 surfers sharing 250-less 83 breaks=50,000/167
which means that on av