Santa Barbara County
20 spots tracked
Today in Santa Barbara County
Tide and weather hold across the whole Santa Barbara County coastline — check here, then pick your beach.
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Click on any beach to see today's visibility forecast.
All Santa Barbara County spots
Surf Zone
Rocky ReefSanta Barbara County · 20 spots
From the Gaviota coast and the Hollister Ranch reefs east past Campus Point and the Santa Barbara waterfront to Carpinteria and Rincon — every coastal spot we track in Santa Barbara County, with today's vis live.
No fishing or harvest of any kind. Special closures restrict entering the area at all.
- SMR · State Marine Reserve
- SMCA (No-Take) · No-Take State Marine Conservation Area
- FMR · Federal Marine Reserve
- Special Closure · Seabird and marine mammal buffer
Most take is prohibited. Each site writes its own short list of exceptions, commonly shore angling or spearing white seabass and pelagic finfish. Check the site rules before hunting.
- SMCA · State Marine Conservation Area
- FMCA · Federal Marine Conservation Area
State-managed waters with their own recreational rules. Commercial take is prohibited in marine parks; recreational management areas are run for specific uses such as waterfowl hunting.
- SMP · State Marine Park
- SMRMA · State Marine Recreational Management Area
Pin color is the spot's forecast visibility tier for today.
- 20–30+ ft · Perfect
- 15–20 ft · Excellent
- 10–15 ft · Good
- 5–10 ft · Fair
- 0–5 ft · Poor
- No forecast yet
MPA boundaries are drawn from CDFW's official dataset but are approximate on this map and not for navigation. Verify the boundary and current regulations with CDFW before harvesting.
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