Ventura (Pierpont / C Street)
Ventura · near Ventura · Los Angeles / SoCal
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Best season
- Spring–fall
- Water temperature
- Mild (upper 50s–60s°F) — 3/2 to 4/3 wetsuit
What is here
- Amenities
- Quality wave riding · Milder SoCal water · Ventura's swell magnet · Near Oxnard's reliable wind
- Best for
- Wave riding on Ventura swell
- Features
- Quality Ventura wave riding · Reliable coastal wind · Milder water · Classic surf-town coast
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Shore break & rips · Pier/rock hazards (C Street) · Crowds (surf spot) · Boat traffic
- Good for a first timer
- No
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- No
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- windsurf · kite · wing
- Conditions
- waves
- Venue
- ocean
- Wind kt
- 18
- Wind
- W/NW, 12–25 kt afternoons — coastal wind over quality Ventura swell
- Intl tip
- Quality wave riding on Ventura swell — W/NW wind (12–25 kt) over well-shaped waves. ADVANCED: shore break, rips, and (at C Street) a crowded surf point with rocks — respect the surfers. Pierpont's beach break has more room. Milder SoCal water (3/2–4/3). Near the reliable Oxnard wind. A real wave rider's spot in a classic surf town.
The guide
Ventura's beaches — Pierpont and the point at C Street — catch quality ocean swell and reliable coastal wind, making them a str…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Ventura (Pierpont / C Street) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.268, -119.29