Ventura County
24 spots tracked
Today in Ventura County
Tide and weather hold across the whole Ventura County coastline — check here, then pick your beach.
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All Ventura County spots
Surf Zone
Bay
Rocky ReefVentura County · 24 spots
From Rincon Point at the Santa Barbara line south past the Ventura piers and the Oxnard harbors to the Point Mugu reefs and the County Line — every coastal spot we track in Ventura 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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