Oil Piers Beach

Oil Piers Beach is an SW-facing reef break in Sea Cliff, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE and SSE and WSW to W, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 80% 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 189° (S) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 116 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Reef

Faces

SW (222°)

Best swell

WSW to W (253°–273°), 11 s or longer

Best wind

N to E offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

4–10 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSE (152° to 156.5°); SSE (159° to 164°); WSW to W (253.5° to 279°)

Rare slot

Santa Barbara Channel, 189° S

Offshore wind

NE

Tide

NOAA station 9411270

Wave buoy

EAST SANTA BARBARA - 12NM Southwest of Santa Barbara, CA · 40 km away

Cams

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