Goleta Beach
Santa Barbara County, California, United States
- Paid parking
Tomorrow at a glance
Best: 11 am to sunset, sunset 6:15 pm7.6
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
7.7
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.6
20 km/h13 mph wind, Great
8.0
17 km/h11 mph wind, Great
8.6
12 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
14 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
9.0
5 km/h3 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
18 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
8.8
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
8.5
8 km/h5 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
7 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 11 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 16°C60°F
- Water
- 21°C71°F
- Wind
- 96 km/hmph NW
- Gusts
- 138 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.0 m3 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 3%
- Sunset
- 6:15 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 1 am, -0.3 m<1 ft
- High 8 am, 1.1 m3 ft
- Low 2 pm, -0.3 m<1 ft
- High 8 pm, 0.9 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Goleta Beach
Goleta Beach is a coastline near Santa Barbara, California, and is accessible to visitors. OpenStreetMap lists a nearby bus stop 570 feet away and a drinking water source on site. The beach is 0.67 miles from Campus Beach and 0.25 miles from the nearest toilets.
Goleta Beach is a region of coastline located near Goleta, California, just east of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) campus. A portion of the shore of Goleta Bay is managed by the County of Santa Barbara, as the Goleta Beach County Park (GBCP). The beach itself is partly man-made as sand was spread onto an existing sandspit in 1945. The beach is a seasonal habitat for migrating shorebirds, including the snowy plover, an endangered species, and is occasionally closed due to nourishment efforts.
Source: Goleta Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms400 m0.2 mi away
- Drinking water400 m0.2 mi away
- Parking3 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 260 m860 ft. Listed as paid
- Food and drink14 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Picnic tables400 m0.2 mi away
- Wheelchair rampMapped nearbyWithin 500 m0.3 mi
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 170 m570 ftUCSB Elings Hall
- Nearest town
- 1.7 km1.1 miIsla Vista (town)
- Nearest airport
- 31 km19 miSanta Ynez Airport (SQA)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Campus Beach1.1 km0.7 mi south-west away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- Depressions Beach1.4 km0.9 mi south-west away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- Isla Vista Beach1.6 km1.0 mi south-west away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- Devereux Beach3.4 km2.1 mi west away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- More Mesa Beach3.6 km2.2 mi east away8.1 Great tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Fri9.0 ExcellentBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h13 mph, rain 2%
- Sat9.5 ExcellentBest 10 am to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Sun8.0 GreatBest 10 am to 12 pmWind up to 9 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.9 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 0%
- Tue8.9 ExcellentBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Wed6.1 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%