Surf wise this fall into winter Ventura has had a pretty consistent run of good surf. And 2023 is going out with a bang.

It started 12/28 with a large swell, defiantly the biggest surf we’ve had in some time.

Surf in Ventura has no channel to paddle through to get to the surf zone or line up. So when the surf is big the only way to it is through it. And that can be difficult. If the swell is real consistent you will take a good beating on the way out. If there are not long enough lulls it’s close to if not impossible get out.

On the 28^th some made it out and got some sizable surf.

Yesterday the 30^th another swell reached us and no one was in the water. It didn’t seem to be quite the size as the 28^th but the City closed the streets at the beach so you couldn’t get there. There were by standers that got hurt by getting to close to the beach where there were waves washing up the end of streets on the 28^th. We had news crews getting it in on camera.

So the morning of the 30^th the city closed the beaches down.

Today you can get to the beach as the surf has backed off… head high plus. 

So what will 2024 be like? There are always predictions… but the only real way to know is as we get through it.

Happy New Year!

D.R.