C Street (Ventura) Surf Forecast
Southern California, CA · Ventura's long right point rows - winter W swell machine.
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C Street (Ventura) Spot Guide
Best swell
Ideal size
Best wind
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Local knowledge
California Street is Ventura's front yard: an easygoing series of cobble points that organize winter W swell into long, makeable walls. It has the rare virtue of quality without menace — big enough windows for everyone from first-pointbreak intermediates to the pros who grew up here.
Nearby spots
- Rincon 12 mi · Southern California
- Malibu (First Point) 39 mi · Southern California
- El Porto (Manhattan Beach) 57 mi · Southern California
- Huntington Beach Pier 86 mi · Southern California
- Pismo Beach Pier 97 mi · Central California
FAQ
What swell direction works best at C Street (Ventura)?
SSW swell hits C Street (Ventura) straight on. The spot picks up anything arriving from SSE (160°) through WNW (290°); swell from outside that window is blocked by the coastline.
What wind is best at C Street (Ventura)?
NNE wind blows offshore and grooms the surf. SSW wind is straight onshore and chops it up; light wind under ~5 kn is fine from any direction.
When is the best time of year to surf C Street (Ventura)?
This stretch faces south, so it specialises in Southern Hemisphere S swells (April-September), while winter NW swell has to wrap in. Fall offers the best of both with clean conditions.
What's the best tide at C Street (Ventura)?
Low to mid. Tide predictions for the spot's NOAA station are in the forecast above.
Is C Street (Ventura) good for beginners?
Yes — the inside sections are among SoCal's best intermediate waves; Stables rewards more skill.
How warm is the water at C Street (Ventura)?
Roughly 57°F at its late-winter coldest to about 70°F in late summer. In practice that means a 4/3 in winter and a spring suit in summer. The forecast above shows the current water temperature.
How far out is this forecast reliable?
The wave model has real skill to about 10 days, and we cut the chart there instead of padding it with guesses. Days 1-3 are solid, 4-7 useful, 8-10 a trend heads-up - and we publish our measured error against NOAA buoys, updated continuously.
Forecast from TrueSwell's own physics-based wave model (exposure → refraction → breaking, every swell train separately), built on public NOAA and Open-Meteo data and scored daily against NDBC buoy observations. How the model works →