Silver Strand Beach

Silver Strand Beach is an SSW-facing beach break in Silver Strand, California, United States. It picks up swell from S and SSW to SW and W to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 67% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNE: light winds or NNE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: the Santa Barbara Channel lets in swell from 243.5° (WSW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 32 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SSW (203°)

Best swell

SSW to SW (200°–221°) or S (172°–191°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NNW to ENE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

S (172° to 190.5°); SSW to SW (200° to 220.5°); W to WNW (268.5° to 288.5°)

Rare slot

Santa Barbara Channel, 243.5° WSW

Offshore wind

NNE

Tide

NOAA station TWC0445

Wave buoy

EAST SANTA BARBARA - 12NM Southwest of Santa Barbara, CA · 59 km away

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