Ventura City Beach

Ventura City Beach is an SW-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 75% 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 214° (SW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 36 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SW (236°)

Best swell

W (260°–277°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

N to E offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SSE (155° to 162.5°); S (171.5° to 185.5°); W to WNW (260.5° to 282.5°)

Rare slot

Santa Barbara Channel, 214° SW

Offshore wind

NE

Tide

NOAA station 9411189

Wave buoy

EAST SANTA BARBARA - 12NM Southwest of Santa Barbara, CA · 52 km away

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