C Street (Ventura Point) Surf Report & Forecast
Long cobblestone rights through the middle of town.
Current conditions
3 ftmax ~4 ft
Fair-Good · spilling
Modelled on real 10-foot bathymetry. These figures cover size, shape and wind. Whether the wave is makeable comes from the simulation.
- Swell
- 2.2 ft at 13s from the SSW
- Wind
- 5 mph NNW offshore
- Tide
- 1.0 ft
- Break depth
- 6 ft
- Power
- 3 kW/m
- Water
- 71°F · trunks
Updated Aug 26, 3:44 AM PDT · 2 swell trains · how this is calculated
How C Street (Ventura Point) is breaking right now
Solved in your browser from this spot’s seafloor and current swell
What the seafloor does to this wave
A cut straight out from C Street (Ventura Point), solved on the real seafloor at this hour’s swell and tide.
Why C Street (Ventura Point) looks like this right now
The numbers above, and what each one is actually doing to the wave.
Two swells at once
2.2 ft at 13s from the SSW carrying 82% of the energy, plus 1.0 ft at 6s from the WSW (16%).
The long-period train is the one building your wave. It holds the most energy and reaches deepest. The shorter ones cross it, which is what makes the surface look busy and the takeoff shift around. Why period matters more than height →
The seafloor is neutral here
Kr 1.02 · 92% of modelled rays break.
Energy arrives roughly as it left deep water: this bottom neither concentrates the swell nor fans it out, so what the buoy sees is close to what you get. Why two breaks a mile apart differ →
Where it trips
1.0 ft of tide; waves are breaking in about 6 ft of water.
A wave breaks when the water gets shallow enough relative to its height, so that depth is a contour on the seafloor, and the tide slides the whole break up and down it through the day. Same swell, different spot, a few hours apart. How the tide moves the break →
Barely any wind
5 mph from the NNW, against a shoreline facing 174°.
Too light to shape the face either way. At this speed the wave's own texture wins, whatever the direction.
How the sets come
About one set every 2 min, roughly 11 waves in it.
Swell arrives in groups, not evenly. That spacing is what you are really timing your paddle-out to, and it's why the lineup can look flat for minutes and then produce five waves at once. Why period matters more than height →
C Street (Ventura Point) surf forecast, next seven days
Holding — 1.8–3.8 ft, no notable swell in the window
| Day | Surf | Best window | Swell | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-4 ft | 6am to 10amFair-Good | 2.3 ft at 13s SSW | 5 mph offshore | Low -0.3 ft 3amHigh 4.0 ft 10amLow 2.0 ft 3pmHigh 5.8 ft 9pm | |
| 2-3 ft | 6am to 10amFair-Good | 1.9 ft at 12s SSW | 5 mph offshore | Low -0.3 ft 4amHigh 4.2 ft 10amLow 1.7 ft 3pmHigh 5.7 ft 9pm | |
| 1-2 ft | 3pm to 4pmFair-Good | 1.1 ft at 17s SSW | 10 mph cross-shore | Low -0.2 ft 4amHigh 4.5 ft 10amLow 1.4 ft 4pmHigh 5.4 ft 10pm | |
| 2 ft | 8am to 2pmFair-Good | 1.3 ft at 17s SSW | 3 mph cross-shore | Low 0.1 ft 4amHigh 4.7 ft 11amLow 1.2 ft 4pmHigh 5.1 ft 10pm | |
| 2-3 ft | 8am to 5pmFair-Good | 1.4 ft at 15s SSW | 3 mph cross-shore | Low 0.5 ft 5amHigh 5.0 ft 11amLow 1.0 ft 5pmHigh 4.5 ft 11pm | |
| 2-3 ft | 5pmFair | 2.1 ft at 13s SSW | 11 mph cross-shore | Low 0.9 ft 5amHigh 5.2 ft 12pmLow 0.9 ft 6pm | |
| 3 ft | 11amFair | 2.1 ft at 12s SSW | 7 mph cross-shore | High 3.9 ft 12amLow 1.5 ft 6amHigh 5.3 ft 12pmLow 0.9 ft 7pm |
Daylight hours only. The best window is the run of hours the model rates highest that day.
How C Street (Ventura Point) works
Cobblestones fed by the Ventura River make a long, forgiving right that links section after section on a clean W/NW. The most surfed wave in Ventura County by a distance.
- Bottom
- cobblestone point at the rivermouth
- Best tide
- mid to high
- Best swell
- W–NW that wraps in past the islands
- Suits
- intermediate
Common questions about C Street (Ventura Point)
- What is the best tide for C Street (Ventura Point)?
- C Street (Ventura Point) works best on mid to high tide. Tide matters because depth is what trips a wave: as the water fills in, the break slides shoreward onto a different part of the bottom, and over a shallow bank enough water stops it breaking at all. Our forecast solves each hour at that hour's real water level rather than assuming one.
- What swell direction is best for C Street (Ventura Point)?
- W–NW that wraps in past the islands suits C Street (Ventura Point) best. The direction that matters is the one at the break, not the one on the buoy: the seafloor bends swell on its way in, so a spot can work on an angle the open coast is missing. We model that bending for each break rather than reporting the offshore direction.
- Is C Street (Ventura Point) good for beginners?
- C Street (Ventura Point) suits intermediate surfers, over cobblestone point at the rivermouth. That is the wave this bottom makes on an average day, and it moves: the same break is a different proposition on a bigger swell or a different tide, so read the day's forecast rather than the label.
- What is the bottom like at C Street (Ventura Point)?
- cobblestone point at the rivermouth. It is the reason this break behaves the way it does: the shape of the seabed decides where the swell focuses, where it trips, and whether it spills or pitches. We model C Street (Ventura Point) on real 10-foot bathymetry instead of treating the seafloor as a slope.
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