Ventura County Surf

Detailed Ventura County surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Ventura County. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Ventura County. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Ventura County over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Ventura County and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Ventura County Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Ventura County Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Ventura County coastline are also listed below.

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	Thu	Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Ventura County	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Sand Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Mesa CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Hobson County Park CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Hendry's Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Point Dume Little Dume CAL - LA County	Oxnard Shores CAL - Ventura
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	14	14	13	12	7	6	11	11	11	8	12	12	12	12	13	10	11	14	10	13	13
Energy(?)	424	1609	1657	632	420	395	165	396	212	252	351	1317	613	338	403	354	326	235	122	132	57	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:52AM 1.91	5:45PM 1.60		6:29AM 1.95	6:54PM 1.54		6:52AM 2.01		7:30PM 1.58	7:15AM 2.06		8:30PM 1.16	7:43AM 1.79		9:14PM 1.13	8:06AM 1.80		9:57PM 1.49	8:30AM 1.80		10:37PM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)	11:21PM 0.13	12:09PM 0.86		11:54PM 0.67		1:04PM 0.67	12:27AM 0.78		1:40PM 0.51	12:44AM 0.88		2:14PM 0.39	1:25AM 0.57		2:51PM -0.09	1:50AM 0.67		3:21PM 0.24	2:18AM 1.12		3:58PM -0.15	2:31AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	50	15	8	55	22	1	1	-	-	23	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	17	16	16	18	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	15	14	13	17	16	15	15	15	16
Low °C	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	15	15	14	15	13	12	14	14	12	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	18	16	15	13	15	15	14	15	13	13	15	14	13	17	16	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:51	-	-	4:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 W
Period (s)	8	14	14	13	12	7	6	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	10	11	7	10	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	8	15	15	14	11	13	13	13	15	14	18	16	16	16	15	13	15	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.8 W	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 E	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.8 W	1.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.7 SE
Period (s)	4	8	-	5	2	-	4	12	10	11	8	12	12	4	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	4

	Thu		Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ventura County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Hollywood Beach CAL - Ventura	Oxnard Shores CAL - Ventura	Sand Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Sand Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Oxnard Shores CAL - Ventura	Sand Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Sand Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Mesa CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	9	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	6	7	14	14	6	6	6	11
Energy(?)	284	309	258	725	1317	1609	1897	1657	1402	624	984	744	430	420	396	368	274	293	268	207	168	400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:48PM 1.30				6:03AM 1.87				5:57PM 1.56				6:34AM 1.62				6:53PM 1.22				6:58AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			11:06PM 0.58				12:21PM 0.84				11:54PM 0.67					1:04PM 0.28			12:27AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	16	24	10	5	3	5	12	8	26	27	17	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	16	17	16	16	16	16	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	15	17	16	16	16	16	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	12	13	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.5 SSW	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 W
Period (s)	9	16	9	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	7	7	6	12	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	7	16	8	8	8	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	10	14	13	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 W	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.3 E	1.8 W	-	-	0.8 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	3	3	3	5	5	8	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	2	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	12

	Thursday 13							Friday 14
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ventura County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Hollywood Beach CAL - Ventura	Oxnard Shores CAL - Ventura	Sand Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Sand Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Oxnard Shores CAL - Ventura	Sand Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Sand Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Mesa CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	9	9	9	9	8	16	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	236	347	213	349	390	404	449	430	387	299	725	725	491	772	772	767	1279	1609	1692	1396	1380	1372
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:48PM 1.30														6:07AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)								11:16PM 0.56													12:19PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	3	4	2	5	8	5	6	4	8	8	3	2	2	2	1
High °C	18	18	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	15	15	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	13	7	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	8	8	16	8	8	8	5	8	8	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	0.5 SW	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	3	-	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	8	8	5	5	5

Ventura County Surf Breaks

sandbar

beach and reef

point

reef

Emma Wood State Beach

beach and reef

beach and reef

reef

reef

beach

beach

reef

sandbar

point

New Jetty/South Jetty

beach

beach/jetty

beach

reef and point

beach

Port Hueneme Beach Park

beach/jetty

Rincon - Indicator

point

Rincon - Rivermouth

point

Rincon - The Cove

point

San Buenaventura State Beach

beach

Santa Clara Rivermouth

beach

sandbar

beach and reef

reef

reef

reef

reef and point

The Ventura County Coastline is a wide variety of awesome beach breaks, river mouths, long riding point breaks, rocky sholls, jetty surf and everything in between... You could say that it has it all here. Stretching from Santa Barbara in the North to Malibu in the South whatever style you have, rights and lefts Ventura has it. Winter is definitely the best around and tends to get a really good S swell. Rincon point at county line, surfers point in Ventura, Pierpont beach break, Powerplant Oxnard, Oxnard Shores and Hollywood beachbreaks, SilverStrand Beachbreak, secret Naval base breaks, Port Hueneme and all down the coast to Point Dume and Malibu at county line.....Joshua Stevens

Reef and rivermouth breaks are the best suitable spots for the best swells hitting in mid summer, late fall, and winter. Coves with seacliffs and promenades are most popular surf spots here.....Tony peres

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