La Conchita Beach

La Conchita Beach is an SW-facing beach break in La Conchita, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE and WSW to W, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 83% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NE: light winds or NE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: the Santa Barbara Channel lets in swell from 177.2° (S) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 124 km out. How slot swells work

Rare slot: the Santa Barbara Channel lets in swell from 185.2° (S) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 120 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SW (222°)

Best swell

WSW to W (251°–263°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

N to E offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSE (151.5° to 156°); WSW to W (251.5° to 277.5°)

Rare slot

Santa Barbara Channel, 177.2° S

Rare slot

Santa Barbara Channel, 185.2° S

Offshore wind

NE

Tide

NOAA station 9411270

Wave buoy

EAST SANTA BARBARA - 12NM Southwest of Santa Barbara, CA · 38 km away

Cams

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