South Jetty Beach

South Jetty Beach is a WSW-facing beach break in Ventura, California, United States. It picks up swell from SSE and S and W to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 74% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the ENE: light winds or ENE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while WSW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: the Santa Barbara Channel lets in swell from 215.2° (SW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 34 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

WSW (249°)

Best swell

W to WNW (261°–283°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NNE to ESE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSE (155° to 162°); S (171.5° to 185.5°); W to WNW (261.5° to 283.5°)

Rare slot

Santa Barbara Channel, 215.2° SW

Offshore wind

ENE

Tide

NOAA station 9411189

Wave buoy

EAST SANTA BARBARA - 12NM Southwest of Santa Barbara, CA · 53 km away

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