San Buenaventura State Beach surf break

San Buenaventura State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Ventura / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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San Buenaventura State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's San Buenaventura State Beach sea temperature is
19.9° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at San Buenaventura State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for San Buenaventura State Beach at 4PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

Table - waves today at San Buenaventura State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)161515151515151514141414141414141414141413131413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14413112812611511511511012011811811611010766636161636592926850
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
10
SW
5
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
WSW
5
SW
0
W
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onglassonglassonglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassonglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:22AM
1.33
7:15PM
1.76
8:47AM
1.41
8:03PM
1.79
9:12AM
1.49
8:44PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:27PM
0.73
2:24AM
-0.13
2:12PM
0.58
2:56AM
-0.10
2:51PM
0.44
3:24AM
-0.03
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise6:41-------6:41-------6:41-------
Sunset---7:00-------7:00-------6:58----
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--2---113112111---------
Temp. °C202119201919202022222222212120201920202019201919
Feels °C (?)192121202120222124242525242422232123212119222021
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Ventura

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at San Buenaventura State Beach (moderate winds from the WSW at Oxnard Airport 11 km from San Buenaventura State Beach). 0.5m 4s local chop from the WSW with a 0.3m 15s groundswell from the S and a 0.2m 10s swell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 47 min ago

22 km/h
WSW
Cross-On
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