Emma Wood State Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Ventura County, USA)

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Emma Wood State Beach Surf Guide

Emma Wood State Beach in Ventura is a fairly exposed beach and reef break that has quite reliable surf. Summer offers the favoured conditions for surfing. The best wind direction is from the northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. Left and better right hand reef breaks.. Best around mid tide. When the surf is up, crowds are likely Take care of rocks in the line up.

Emma Wood State Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach and reef	2	fairly consistent	15.3°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Emma Wood State Beach:

The best conditions reported for surf at Emma Wood State Beach occur when a Southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northeast.

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What's the best time of year to surf Emma Wood State Beach (for consistent clean waves)?

januaryBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Emma Wood State Beach with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of January. Clean surfable waves are typically found 7% of the time in January while 11% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 82% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

11%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

82%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

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Interactive Emma Wood State Beach surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Emma Wood State Beach is Point Mugu Nas Airport (NTD) in USA, 25 km (16 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Emma Wood State Beach is Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport (BUR), also in USA, 88 km (55 miles) away.

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Emma Wood State Beach Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 16:22 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 06
ft, °F	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Wave (m)	SW	SW	SW	W
Period (s)	15	14	14	5
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	glass	glass

What does Emma Wood State Beach look like?

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Tides at Emma Wood State Beach

Current tide and informaton

For Ventura, California, 3 km from Emma Wood State Beach.

Next High Water: 12:13am | 1.41m

Next Low Water: 05:10pm | 0.88m

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Emma Wood State Beach Sea Temperature

The water temperature (15.3 °C) at Emma Wood State Beach is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (16.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 15.3°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

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Swell History at Emma Wood State Beach

Surf stats for Emma Wood State Beach, see the swell variation by month or season on the history page here.

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Wind History at Emma Wood State Beach

Wind stats for Emma Wood State Beach, see the variation in direction and stength by month or season on the history page here.

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Emma Wood State Beach Reviews:

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Ratings

Based on 5 votes.

Overall:2.0
Quality on a good day:1.5
Consistency of Surf:2.5
Difficulty Level:1.0
Wind and Kite Surfing:2.0
Crowds:2.0
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Review

Impartial reviews submitted by Surf-Forecast users.

dan from United States

“Emma Wood state beach is a very tide sensitive break you might arrive to see small sets coming in and a half hour later it is going off for an hour or longer then back to small sets but when it goes off it can be a heavy and fast hollow wave. It serves up a nice nw swell a sw, and wnw it also delivers some gnarly wind swell when it is firing.”

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