County Line (Leo Carrillo, Malibu)
Malibu / Ventura county line · near Malibu · Los Angeles / SoCal
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Best season
- Spring–fall (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Mild (upper 50s–60s°F) — 3/2 to 4/3 wetsuit
What is here
- Amenities
- Classic Malibu wave sailing · Cross-shore wind over point swell · Iconic 'C' windsurf spot · Malibu setting
- Best for
- Classic Malibu wave sailing
- Features
- Iconic Malibu windsurf wave spot · Cross-shore wind over swell · Point-break waves · Legendary 'C' spot heritage
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Shore break & rocks · Crowded surf spot · Rips & current · Highway parking/crossing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- No
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- windsurf · wing · kite
- Conditions
- waves
- Venue
- ocean
- Wind kt
- 18
- Wind
- W, 12–25 kt afternoons — classic Malibu cross-shore wave wind
- Intl tip
- The classic Malibu wave-sailing spot (the iconic 'C' spot) — cross-shore W wind (12–25 kt) over point swell for down-the-line riding. ADVANCED: rocky point, shore break, rips, and it's a popular surf break — mind etiquette. Mild water (3/2–4/3). Roadside PCH parking. Wingfoilers love it too. A SoCal wave-sailing institution.
The guide
County Line, at the Los Angeles–Ventura county boundary by Leo Carrillo State Beach, is one of Southern California's most stori…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to County Line (Leo Carrillo, Malibu) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.051, -118.966