Staircase Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Ventura County, USA)

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Surf Break: Staircase Beach

Staircase Beach Spot ID:

Type: reef

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell WSW | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 15.3 °C

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Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 07:34 Local time

m, °C	Tuesday 21
ft, °F	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- on	glass

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Staircase Beach in Ventura is a reasonably exposed beach break that has quite consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the northeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the best swell direction is from the west southwest. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Best around mid tide. Rarely crowded here. Beware of .

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California wave energy surf 12 hr forecast

Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Mugu Lagoon (ocean pier), California, 11 miles from Staircase Beach.

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Staircase Beach Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At Point Mugu Naval Air Station Airport, 13 km from Staircase Beach.

calm

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Haze dry and cloudy

Air temperature
14 °C

Current weather near Staircase Beach

Buoy Data:

At Santa Monica Basin Buoy, 22 miles from Staircase Beach.

	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	7	7	7	8

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Overall Staircase Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Also see Staircase Beach surf quality by season and Staircase Beach surf quality by month.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Staircase Beach: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Deer Creek	0 mi
Second closest break	County Line/Yerba Buena Beach	1 mi
Third closest break	Deadman s 3	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Heavens	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Leo Carillo State Beach	4 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Staircase Beach:
Closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	22 mi
Second closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	50 mi
Third closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	75 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Santa Barbara Buoy	86 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	117 mi
Tide stations nearest to Staircase Beach:
Closest tide station	Mugu Lagoon (ocean pier)	7 mi
Second closest tide station	Port Hueneme	14 mi
Third closest tide station	Ventura	22 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Santa Monica	28 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Rincon Island	33 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Staircase Beach:
Closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	75 mi
Second closest ski area	Mountain High resort (United States)	78 mi
Third closest ski area	Sunrise Ski Area (United States)	78 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	112 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Alta Sierra at Shirley Meadows (United States)	117 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Staircase Beach:
Closest city location	Camarillo (United States)	11 mi
Second closest city location	Thousand Oaks (United States)	11 mi
Third closest city location	Oxnard (United States)	13 mi
Fourth closest city location	Moorpark (United States)	17 mi
Fifth closest city location	Oxnard Shores (United States)	17 mi

The closest passenger airport to Staircase Beach is Point Mugu Nas Airport (NTD) in USA, 14 km (9 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Staircase Beach is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), also in USA, 55 km (34 miles) away.
Third is Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport (BUR) in USA, 60 km (37 miles) away.
Jack Northrop Fld Hawthorne Muni Airport (HHR) in USA is 62 km (39 miles) away.
Long Beach Airport (LGB), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Staircase Beach and is 82 km (51 miles) away.

Staircase Beach break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Staircase Beach, CAL - Ventura. Use the tab navigation above to view Staircase Beach sea temperature, Staircase Beach photographs, Staircase Beach detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Staircase Beach webcams, current wind from CAL - Ventura live weather stations and Staircase Beach tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Staircase Beach.

Staircase Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(California – Ventura County, USA)

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Overall Staircase Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

Staircase Beach Location Maps

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