Faria Beach Park

Faria Beach Park sits 7 miles north of Ventura on Pacific Coast Highway, at the cobble shoreline that wraps the headland known as Pitas Point. Among surfers, the park and the break are often called Pitas Point or Pitas Point/Faria County Park. Ventura County Parks operates the day-use area and the 42-site campground at 4350 Pacific Coast Highway, with 17 full-hookup sites. The beach is narrow and shifts between cobble and sand. At the south end, the point forms a rocky reef and produces a peeling right and left point break that holds on west and northwest swells through fall and winter.

The cobble and sand entry with breaking waves is a surf zone biome. At and just offshore of the point, the exposed rocky structure and cobble, with barnacle-encrusted boulders at the foreshore, is a rocky reef biome reached on foot at low tide and by short swim at higher tides.

Surfing at Pitas Point is the dominant water activity, with intermediate-level peeling waves on quality days. Shore anglers work the cobble for surfperch, and summer swimming is common at the sandier sections. Snorkeling around the point structure is uncommon, and the limited relief of the inshore structure keeps scuba and spearfishing uncommon as well.

Ventura County Parks operates the day-use lot with a posted fee, and campsites can be reserved through the county. The lot fills on summer weekends. Fishing and spearfishing are legal here under standard California regulations.