County Line Tossed into the rugged north LA county/south Ventura county coastline is the playful wave known as County Line. Regarded by many as a performance, hot-dog wave due to its forgiving nature, County Line offers up many faces depending on the swell direction and tide. While generally perceived as a summer break, westerly winter swells make their way into the meandering coast, and bowl around the rocky headland at the north end of the beach. The kelpy cobblestone bottom along the point, consistently serves up the best waves here. The rights aren't world class, but are highly rippable. On southerly swells, outlet lefts will spring up and wrap wide around the point giving the versatile wave riders a chance to unleash their full bag of tricks. As you head south, the rocky bottom rapidly transitions to sand. The rest of the break is primarily broken up sandbars with reef patches on the outside and the occasional rock tossed in to keep everyone on their toes. Medium tides are ideal as the swells have a tendency to "feel" the outer reef configurations enough to shift around into peaks, while still conserving their energy for the interior sandbars. Highers tides produce a dumpy shorepound along the beachbreak, but often leave the point flooded and unrideable. Northerly canyon winds are often a gusty offshore here, and can drop the temperature quite a few degrees below the norm. So it's not a bad idea to toss an extra jacket and beanie in the backseat before heading out on your dawn patrol.