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

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).

All 93 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 51 places in 4 sports

Surf · this week

La conchita · about 45 min by car · stays in Carpinteria
66 out of 100
Santa Clause · about 25 min by car · stays in Carpinteria
66 out of 100
Lighthouse · about 5 min by car
65 out of 100
Mesa Lane · about 10 min by car
65 out of 100
Serena's · about 25 min by car · stays in Carpinteria
65 out of 100
Chocoos · about 1h by car · stays in Ventura
64 out of 100
Faria · about 55 min by car · stays in Ventura
64 out of 100
Jelly Bowl · about 35 min by car · stays in Carpinteria
64 out of 100

All 46 surf spots

Pitas Point · about 55 min by car · stays in Ventura
64 out of 100
Tarpits · about 35 min by car · stays in Carpinteria
64 out of 100
Carpinteria Beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Carpinteria
63 out of 100
Santa Clara Rivermouth · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Ventura
63 out of 100
Hobson's · about 50 min by car · stays in Carpinteria
61 out of 100
Solimar Reef · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Ventura
61 out of 100
Hope Ranch · about 15 min by car
60 out of 100
Little Rincon · about 45 min by car · stays in Rincon California
60 out of 100
Refugio · about 1h by car · stays in Goleta
60 out of 100
Sea Cliff · about 50 min by car · stays in Carpinteria
60 out of 100
Emma Wood · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Ventura
59 out of 100
Mondos · about 1h by car · stays in Ventura
59 out of 100
Ventura Overhead · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Ventura
59 out of 100
Ventura Point · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Ventura
59 out of 100
Bone Yards · about 15 min by car
58 out of 100
Fernald Point · about 15 min by car
58 out of 100
Hammonds Reef · about 15 min by car
58 out of 100
Tajuigas Ranch · about 1h 05m by car · stays in Goleta
58 out of 100
Miramar Beach · about 15 min by car
53 out of 100
Sands · about 30 min by car · stays in Isla Vista
50 out of 100
Devereux · about 30 min by car · stays in Isla Vista
49 out of 100
Oxnard Shores · about 1h 30m by car · stays in Oxnard
47 out of 100
Power plant · about 1h 25m by car · stays in Oxnard
47 out of 100
Sandspit · about 5 min by car
45 out of 100
Depressions · about 25 min by car · stays in Isla Vista
43 out of 100
Leadbetter · about 5 min by car
38 out of 100
Haskells · about 35 min by car · stays in Isla Vista
37 out of 100
Rockpile · about 35 min by car · stays in Isla Vista
37 out of 100
Seals · about 40 min by car · stays in Goleta
36 out of 100
Naples · about 45 min by car · stays in Goleta
34 out of 100
Campus Point · about 25 min by car · stays in Isla Vista · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Driftwoods · about 40 min by car · stays in Isla Vista · Not for intermediates
–, no score
ED's · about 50 min by car · stays in Goleta · Not for intermediates
–, no score
El Capitan · about 55 min by car · stays in Goleta · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Goleta Rock · about 25 min by car · stays in Goleta · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Hendry's beach - arroyo burro · about 10 min by car · Not for intermediates
–, no score
More Mesa · about 20 min by car · stays in Goleta · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Shelves · about 15 min by car · Not for intermediates
–, no score

Kitesurf · this week

Santa Barbara · 1.8 km · stays here
0 out of 100

Windsurf · this week

Santa Barbara · 1.8 km · stays here
0 out of 100

Climbing · this week

Cathedral Peak · 7.3 km · stays here
75 out of 100
Fire Crags · 11.5 km · stays here
71 out of 100
San Ysidro Rock · 8.1 km · stays here
70 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 Santa Barbara.

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 50 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 46 surf spots, 1 kitesurf spot, 1 windsurf spot and 3 climbing areas.

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 Sun 1 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).