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Beds: 18 places

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18 places to stay within 2 km, 2 of them campsites.

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Spots near here: 13 surf spots

Surf · this week

Sands · 7 min by car
48 out of 100
Depressions · 5 min by car
46 out of 100
Hope Ranch · 18 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara
46 out of 100
Devereux · 7 min by car
45 out of 100
Shelves · 15 min by car · stays in Santa Barbara
44 out of 100
Goleta Rock · 10 min by car · stays in Goleta
42 out of 100
Campus Point · 9 min by car
41 out of 100
More Mesa · 15 min by car · stays in Goleta
41 out of 100

All 13 surf spots

Seals · 10 min by car · stays in Goleta
41 out of 100
Rockpile · 14 min by car
39 out of 100
Driftwoods · 9 min by car
38 out of 100
Haskells · 11 min by car
38 out of 100
Naples · 13 min by car · stays in Goleta
37 out of 100

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.

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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 13 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 Tue 3 Nov, 06:16 UTC. 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).