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Isla Vista

Surf town · United States

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Beds: 18 places

18 places to stay within 2 km, 2 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 18 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 21 surf spots

Surf · this week

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

    61 out of 100
  • Mesa Lane · about 25 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara

    60 out of 100
  • Refugio · about 35 min by car · stays in Goleta

    56 out of 100
  • Hope Ranch · about 15 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara

    55 out of 100
  • Sands · about 5 min by car

    47 out of 100
  • Devereux · about 5 min by car

    46 out of 100
  • Sandspit · about 30 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara

    43 out of 100
  • Depressions · about 5 min by car

    40 out of 100
All 21 surf spots
  • Leadbetter · about 30 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara

    38 out of 100
  • Haskells · about 10 min by car

    36 out of 100
  • Rockpile · about 10 min by car

    36 out of 100
  • Seals · about 15 min by car · stays in Goleta

    36 out of 100
  • Naples · about 20 min by car · stays in Goleta

    34 out of 100
  • Campus Point · about 5 min by car · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Driftwoods · about 15 min by car · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • ED's · about 25 min by car · stays in Goleta · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • El Capitan · about 30 min by car · stays in Goleta · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Goleta Rock · about 5 min by car · stays in Goleta · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Hendry's beach - arroyo burro · about 20 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • More Mesa · about 10 min by car · stays in Goleta · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Shelves · about 10 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara · Not for intermediates

    –, no score

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 Isla Vista.

Map

the town and every place near it

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 20 km from Isla Vista.

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Photos of Isla Vista

Sunset in Isla Vista
Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sandpipers in Isla Vista
Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Isla Vista Sunset 1
Photo: Glenn Beltz, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About Isla Vista

where it is, what is near

Isla Vista is a town in California, United States.

From Isla Vista you can reach 21 surf spots.

The nearest is Depressions, a surf spot 1.2 km from the centre.

Overture lists 18 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites.

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

In California · West · United States

  • 18 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 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).