Santa Barbara. Photo: Warren LeMay from Chicago, IL, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Santa Barbara

Surf, kitesurf, windsurf and climbing town · United States

Surf, kitesurf, windsurf and climbing, 6 nights from tomorrow, from your nearest start point: scored, planned and costed. Try another search

Beds: 93 places

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93 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).

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Spots near here: 16 places in 4 sports

Surf · this week

Lighthouse · about 5 min by car
66 out of 100
Mesa Lane · about 10 min by car
65 out of 100
Bone Yards · about 15 min by car
63 out of 100
Fernald Point · about 15 min by car
63 out of 100
Hammonds Reef · about 15 min by car
63 out of 100
Miramar Beach · about 15 min by car
61 out of 100
Hope Ranch · about 15 min by car
59 out of 100
Sandspit · about 5 min by car
55 out of 100

All 11 surf spots

Leadbetter · about 5 min by car
51 out of 100
Hendry's beach - arroyo burro · about 10 min by car · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Shelves · about 15 min by car · 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 Santa Barbara; a spot more than 5 km away stays here because Santa Barbara is the nearest town with beds.

Places to eat

6 near Santa Barbara

Places to eat near Santa Barbara

Aldo's Italian RestaurantItalian · in the centre
EmbermillCaribbean · in the centre
Indian Tandoori KingdomIndian · in the centre
L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele Taverna and CafeItalian · in the centre
LokumTurkish · in the centre
PalazzioItalian · in the centre

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

the town and every place near it

Santa Barbara 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 5 km from Santa Barbara.

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Photos of Santa Barbara

State Street and Figueroa Street, Santa Barbara, CA — Photo: Warren LeMay from Chicago, IL, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Janssens-Orella-Birk Building — Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Aldo's, Santa Barbara Downtown - panoramio — Photo: Thomas Camargo, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Santa Barbara

where it is, what is near

Santa Barbara is a town in California, United States.

From Santa Barbara you can reach 11 surf spots, 1 kitesurf spot, 1 windsurf spot and 3 climbing areas, 6 of the surf spots more than 5 km away.

The nearest is Santa Barbara, a kitesurf and windsurf spot 1.8 km from the centre.

Overture lists 93 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA), 13 km away.

In California · West · United States

93 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA), 13 km, Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field (SMX), 87 km, San Luis County Regional Airport (SBP), 125 km

Forecast updated Mon 2 Nov, 21:16 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).