Ventura Point Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Ventura Point is most often good on a 2–4 ft long-period groundswell (16s+) swell from the W, with light wind from the SW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | long-period groundswell (16s+) |
| Best swell direction | W |
| Best wind | light wind from the SW |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (high-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-07-15 11:00 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | — |
| Dominant period | — |
| Swell direction | — |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 46053 (31 mi away) |
| Wind | 8 kt from the NE — NDBC NTBC1 (24 mi away) |
Ventura Point 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Ventura Point from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed Jul 15 | 2–3 ft | 17s SW | 8 kt SSW |
| Thu Jul 16 | 3 ft | 16s SW | 9 kt WSW |
| Fri Jul 17 | 2–3 ft | 17s SW | 11 kt SSW |
| Sat Jul 18 | 2 ft | 17s SW | 7 kt SW |
| Sun Jul 19 | 2–3 ft | 16s SW | 8 kt SW |
| Mon Jul 20 | 3–4 ft | 14s SSW | 9 kt SW |
| Tue Jul 21 | 3–4 ft | 16s SSW | 9 kt WSW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 9411340 (Santa Barbara), the nearest tide station (24 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 01:01 — High 4.553 ft
- 2026-06-06 08:52 — Low 0.192 ft
- 2026-06-06 16:18 — High 3.7 ft
- 2026-06-06 20:41 — Low 3.017 ft
- 2026-06-07 02:01 — High 4.084 ft
- 2026-06-07 09:36 — Low 0.472 ft
Frequently asked
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Ventura Point come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 46053) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Santa Barbara). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Ventura Point?
Ventura Point is most often good on a 2–4 ft long-period groundswell (16s+) swell from the W, with light wind from the SW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Ventura Point is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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