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Surf Break: Campus Point

Campus Point in Santa Barbara is a fairly exposed point break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year.. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell angle is from the west. Best around low tide. When the surf is up, crowds are likely Beware of rips and rocks.

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Overall Campus Point Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Campus Point surf quality by season and Campus Point surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to California - Santa Barbara surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Campus Point

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Campus Point:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Depressions	1 mi
Second closest break	Pescaderos	1 mi
Third closest break	Isla Vista	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Devereux	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Sand Beach	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Campus Point:
Closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	11 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Santa Barbara Buoy	36 mi
Third closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	55 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	64 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Santa Maria Buoy	66 mi
Tide stations nearest to Campus Point:
Closest tide station	Santa Barbara, Pacific Ocean, California	9 mi
Second closest tide station	Santa Barbara, Pacific Ocean, California (sub)	9 mi
Third closest tide station	Santa Barbara, California	9 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Santa Barbara, California (2)	9 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Gaviota, California	22 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Campus Point:
Closest ski area	Alta Sierra at Shirley Meadows (United States)	116 mi
Second closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	123 mi
Third closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	124 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	124 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	161 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Campus Point:
Closest city location	Isla Vista (United States)	1 mi
Second closest city location	Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (United States)	2 mi
Third closest city location	Goleta (United States)	2 mi
Fourth closest city location	Mission Canyon (United States)	8 mi
Fifth closest city location	Santa Barbara (United States)	8 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Campus Point is Point Mugu Nas Airport (NTD) in USA, 74 km (46 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Campus Point is Vandenberg Afb (Lompoc) Airport (VBG), also in USA, 76 km (47 miles) away.
• Third is Meadows Fld (Bakersfield) Airport (BFL) in USA, 135 km (84 miles) away.
• Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport (BUR) in USA is 139 km (86 miles) away.
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Campus Point and is 142 km (88 miles) away.