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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	Mon		Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ventura County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Oxnard Shores CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	1	2	2	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	11	16	15	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	16	13	12
Energy(?)	363	214	352	384	95	193	191	563	2277	1971	2164	1213	616	289	499	411	236	259	207	161	296	867
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:54PM 1.40	7:42AM 2.00		8:49PM 1.35	8:17AM 2.11		9:39PM 1.67	8:56AM 2.15		10:58PM 1.55	9:44AM 2.42		11:59PM 1.11	10:27AM 2.01		1:23AM 1.07	11:29AM 2.16		2:52AM 1.49	12:37PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		1:24AM 0.30		2:40PM 0.11	2:00AM 0.42		3:23PM -0.41	2:29AM 0.93		4:21PM -0.07	3:23AM 1.06		5:17PM -0.04	3:58AM 0.79		6:00PM -0.28		5:07AM 1.26		7:24PM 0.16	6:31AM 1.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	15	20	18	16	19	18	18	24	22	17	27	25	20	25	23	22	26	25	22	25	23
Low °C	19	15	19	16	15	18	17	17	21	18	16	23	20	19	24	21	21	25	23	21	25	21
Chill °C (?)	19	15	20	18	16	19	18	18	24	22	17	27	25	20	25	23	22	26	25	22	25	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	1.3 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.2 W
Period (s)	14	13	14	14	13	13	10	11	13	15	14	14	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	16	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	1.5 W	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.8 WNW	0.2 W	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	17	16	12	14	15	14	12	15	19	18	17	17	11	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.5 WNW	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ventura County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Oxnard Shores CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	377	363	347	453	349	285	280	143	184	384	282	279	289	153	125	70	86	191	330	498	766	1246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				8:01PM 1.71				7:32AM 2.38				8:58PM 1.67				8:10AM 2.13				9:56PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		1:48PM -0.06				1:24AM 0.30				2:40PM 0.11				2:00AM 0.42				3:29PM -0.02				2:42AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	19	16	18	17	17	17	21	18	16	15	15	16	16	16	20	18	17	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	21	19	19	16	18	17	17	17	21	18	16	15	15	16	16	16	20	18	17	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 W	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	12	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 03													Tuesday 04
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ventura County	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Oxnard Shores CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Arnold CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	381	377	377	572	369	363	355	220	347	428	453	453	452	350	349	155	283	433	474	384	371	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											8:01PM 1.71											7:44AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)				1:53PM 0.32												1:22AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	19	20	19	18	15	19	16	16	16	16	18	18	15	17	15	15	15	15	17
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	19	20	19	18	15	19	16	16	16	16	18	18	15	17	15	15	15	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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