Skydive Santa Barbara
Lompoc Airport / Santa Barbara County · near Lompoc / Santa Barbara · Central Coast
Skydiving
At a glance
- Best season
- Year-round; coastal mornings can be foggy — clearer midday; book ahead
What is here
- Scenery
- coastal
- Amenities
- High-altitude (18k) jumps with O2 · 270° ocean, wine-country & Vandenberg views · Turbine aircraft · Tandem & AFF training
- Best for
- The highest tandem in Southern California
- Features
- SoCal's only 18,000 ft dropzone · Extra-long high-altitude freefall · Ocean, Solvang wine country & Vandenberg views · Only civilian jump over an active rocket-launch site
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- High-altitude jumps use supplemental oxygen — follow the briefing · Coastal fog can delay morning loads · Reservations recommended; weight limits apply · High demand — expect wait times, book ahead
- Beginner friendly
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Operators
- Skydive Santa Barbara
Skydiving detail
- Offerings
- tandem · learn · licensed
- Aircraft
- turbine
- Altitude
- 18k
- Stature
- 3
- Jump notes
- Southern California's only 18,000-ft dropzone — high-altitude jumps with supplemental oxygen for an extra-long freefall and 270° coastal views over Vandenberg Space Force Base, the Santa Ynez wine country, and the Pacific
- Stats note
- High-altitude to ~18,000 ft with O2 (SoCal's highest); ~90 sec freefall; ocean, wine-country & Vandenberg views
- Experienced hub
- No
- Intl tip
- Southern California's only 18,000-ft dropzone, at Lompoc on the Santa Barbara County coast — high-altitude jumps with supplemental oxygen for a ~90-second freefall (longer than the standard 13k exit) and 270° views over the Pacific, the Santa Ynez wine country, and Vandenberg Space Force Base (the only civilian jump over an active rocket-launch site). Tandem and AFF in the mild Central Coast climate. High-altitude jumps involve an oxygen briefing; coastal fog can delay morning loads. Popular — reserve ahead, confirm weight limits, expect occasional weather holds.
The guide
Skydive Santa Barbara, based at Lompoc Airport on the Santa Barbara County coast, has built its reputation on altitude — it is …
In the Guidebook
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Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.666, -120.468