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Surf Break: San Buenaventura State Beach

San Buenaventura State Beach in Ventura is a fairly exposed beach break that has reliable surf. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. Offshore winds blow from the northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the southwest. Waves at the beach tend to peel to the left. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Dangerous rips are a hazard of surfing here.

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Overall San Buenaventura State Beach 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 San Buenaventura State Beach surf quality by season and San Buenaventura State Beach surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to California - Ventura County surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of San Buenaventura State Beach

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to San Buenaventura State Beach:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Ventura Point/California Street	1 mi
Second closest break	Emma Wood State Beach	2 mi
Third closest break	New Jetty/South Jetty	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Santa Clara Rivermouth	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Ventura Overhead	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to San Buenaventura State Beach:
Closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	32 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	39 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Santa Barbara Buoy	67 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	67 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Santa Maria Buoy	99 mi
Tide stations nearest to San Buenaventura State Beach:
Closest tide station	Ventura, California	0 mi
Second closest tide station	Port Hueneme, California	9 mi
Third closest tide station	Rincon Island, Mussel Shoals, California	11 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Rincon Island, California	11 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Rincon Island, California (2)	11 mi
Ski Resorts closest to San Buenaventura State Beach:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	91 mi
Second closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	91 mi
Third closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	92 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Alta Sierra at Shirley Meadows (United States)	108 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	129 mi
Town and city forecasts close to San Buenaventura State Beach:
Closest city location	Ventura (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Oxnard Shores (United States)	6 mi
Third closest city location	El Rio (United States)	7 mi
Fourth closest city location	Channel Islands Beach (United States)	8 mi
Fifth closest city location	Oxnard (United States)	9 mi

• The closest passenger airport to San Buenaventura State Beach is Point Mugu Nas Airport (NTD) in USA, 22 km (14 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to San Buenaventura State Beach is Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport (BUR), also in USA, 85 km (53 miles) away.
• Third is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in USA, 88 km (55 miles) away.
• Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR) in USA is 95 km (59 miles) away.
• Long Beach Airport (LGB), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to San Buenaventura State Beach and is 116 km (72 miles) away.