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Goleta. Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Goleta

Surf and dive town · United States

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Beds: 15 places

15 places to stay within 2 km, 1 of them campsites.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

All 15 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 46 places in 2 sports

Surf · this week

  • La conchita · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Carpinteria

    63

  • Santa Clause · about 45 min by car · stays in Carpinteria

    62

  • Lighthouse · about 25 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara

    61

  • Mesa Lane · about 20 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara

    61

  • Pitas Point · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Ventura

    61

  • Serena's · about 45 min by car · stays in Carpinteria

    61

  • Carpinteria Beach · about 50 min by car · stays in Carpinteria

    60

  • Chocoos · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Ventura

    60
All 44 surf spots

  • Faria · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Ventura

    60

  • Jelly Bowl · about 55 min by car · stays in Carpinteria

    60

  • Tarpits · about 55 min by car · stays in Carpinteria

    60

  • Hobson's · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Carpinteria

    58

  • Little Rincon · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Rincon California

    57

  • Sea Cliff · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Carpinteria

    57

  • Hope Ranch · about 10 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara

    56

  • Mondos · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Ventura

    56

  • Bone Yards · about 35 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara

    55

  • Fernald Point · about 35 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara

    55

  • Hammonds Reef · about 35 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara

    55

  • Refugio · about 40 min by car

    55

  • Solimar Reef · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Ventura

    55

  • Emma Wood · about 1h 30m by car · stays in Ventura

    54

  • Tajuigas Ranch · about 45 min by car

    54

  • Ventura Overhead · about 1h 30m by car · stays in Ventura

    54

  • Miramar Beach · about 35 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara

    51

  • Sands · about 10 min by car · stays in Isla Vista

    47

  • Devereux · about 10 min by car · stays in Isla Vista

    46

  • Sandspit · about 25 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara

    44

  • Depressions · about 10 min by car · stays in Isla Vista

    40

  • Big Drakes · about 1h 25m by car

    38

  • Leadbetter · about 25 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara

    38

  • Haskells · about 15 min by car · stays in Isla Vista

    37

  • Rockpile · about 15 min by car · stays in Isla Vista

    37

  • Seals · about 20 min by car

    36

  • St Augustine Point · about 1h 30m by car

    36

  • Naples · about 25 min by car

    34

  • Campus Point · about 10 min by car · stays in Isla Vista · Not for intermediates

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  • Driftwoods · about 20 min by car · stays in Isla Vista · Not for intermediates

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  • ED's · about 30 min by car · Not for intermediates

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  • El Capitan · about 35 min by car · Not for intermediates

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  • Goleta Rock · about 5 min by car · Not for intermediates

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  • Hendry's beach - arroyo burro · about 15 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara · Not for intermediates

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  • More Mesa · about 5 min by car · Not for intermediates

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  • Shelves · about 10 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara · Not for intermediates

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Dive · this week

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Goleta.

Places to eat

6 near Goleta

Places to eat near Goleta

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Map

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Goleta on Google Maps

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 50 km from Goleta.

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Photos of Goleta

Alaska's West Coast Wonders Livery
Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
No more pasta
Photo: Damian Gadal, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Packed up and left
Photo: Damian Gadal, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About Goleta

where it is, what is near

Goleta is a town in California, United States.

From Goleta you can reach 44 surf spots and 2 dive sites.

The nearest is Goleta Rock, a surf spot 2.4 km from the centre.

Overture lists 15 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA), 2 km away.

In California · West · United States

  • 15 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA), 2 km, Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field (SMX), 77 km, San Luis County Regional Airport (SBP), 116 km

Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).