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Santa Maria Rivermouth/Guadalupe Beach in Santa Barbara is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the east. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. The beach break provides left and right handers. Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. Rarely crowded here. Dangerous rips are a hazard of surfing here.

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Overall Santa Maria Rivermouth/Guadalupe 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 Santa Maria Rivermouth/Guadalupe Beach surf quality by season and Santa Maria Rivermouth/Guadalupe Beach 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 Santa Maria Rivermouth/Guadalupe Beach

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Santa Maria Rivermouth/Guadalupe Beach:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Main Street	1 mi
Second closest break	The Hut - Paradise Cove	1 mi
Third closest break	Oceano	11 mi
Fourth closest break	Pismo Beach Pier	13 mi
Fifth closest break	Sewers	15 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Santa Maria Rivermouth/Guadalupe Beach:
Closest wave buoy	Santa Maria Buoy	12 mi
Second closest wave buoy	PT Arguello Buoy	24 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Santa Barbara Buoy	48 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	67 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Cape San Martin Buoy	88 mi
Tide stations nearest to Santa Maria Rivermouth/Guadalupe Beach:
Closest tide station	Avila, California	16 mi
Second closest tide station	Port San Luis Wharf, California	16 mi
Third closest tide station	Port San Luis, Pacific Ocean, California	17 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Port San Luis, California	17 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Point Arguello, California	25 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Santa Maria Rivermouth/Guadalupe Beach:
Closest ski area	Alta Sierra at Shirley Meadows (United States)	130 mi
Second closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	173 mi
Third closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	174 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	177 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Sierra Summit Mountain Resort (United States)	178 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Santa Maria Rivermouth/Guadalupe Beach:
Closest city location	Guadalupe (United States)	6 mi
Second closest city location	Oceano (United States)	11 mi
Third closest city location	Arroyo Grande (United States)	12 mi
Fourth closest city location	Grover Beach (United States)	12 mi
Fifth closest city location	Nipomo (United States)	12 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Santa Maria Rivermouth/Guadalupe Beach is Vandenberg Afb (Lompoc) Airport (VBG) in USA, 25 km (16 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Santa Maria Rivermouth/Guadalupe Beach is Meadows Fld (Bakersfield) Airport (BFL), also in USA, 155 km (96 miles) away.
• Third is Lemoore Nas Airport (NLC) in USA, 167 km (104 miles) away.
• Point Mugu Nas Airport (NTD) in USA is 168 km (104 miles) away.
• Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Santa Maria Rivermouth/Guadalupe Beach and is 220 km (137 miles) away.