Santa Monica / Sunset (Malibu)
Santa Monica Bay · near Santa Monica / Malibu · Los Angeles / SoCal
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Spring–fall (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Mild (60s°F) — 3/2 wetsuit or shorty
What is here
- Amenities
- LA-area ocean riding · Mild water · Sunset/Malibu beaches · Convenient to the city
- Best for
- Convenient LA-area ocean sessions
- Features
- Santa Monica Bay riding · Mild water · Malibu/Sunset beaches · Convenient to LA
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Shore break & rips · Crowds/swimmers · Boat traffic · Lighter, variable wind
- Good for a first timer
- No
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- No
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- windsurf · wing
- Conditions
- waves
- Venue
- ocean
- Wind kt
- 16
- Wind
- W/SW afternoon sea breeze, 10–20 kt — Santa Monica Bay wind over gentle swell
- Intl tip
- Convenient LA-area ocean riding — W/SW afternoon sea breeze (10–20 kt) over gentle swell in Santa Monica Bay. Mild water (3/2/shorty). Mellower/more variable than the Ventura coast (good for winging/light-wind). Busy beaches: shore break, rips, swimmers, boat traffic — respect designated areas. Intermediate. A handy local option close to the city.
The guide
The beaches of Santa Monica Bay — including Sunset and the Malibu-adjacent strands — offer convenient ocean wind-sports riding …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Santa Monica / Sunset (Malibu) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.035, -118.56