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Oil Piers Beach

Ventura County, California, United States

Oil Piers Beach 2 photos

  • Taking In The Scenery (Unsplash)

    Taking In The Scenery (Unsplash). Mark Buchanan markbuch, CC0. Source

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    GC35BPG - panoramio. Mountain Mike Johans…, CC BY 3.0. Source

Tomorrow at a glance

Best: 8 am to sunset, sunset 6:13 pm
8 am
8.3
4 km/h2 mph wind, Great
9 am
8.2
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
10 am
8.3
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
11 am
8.1
7 km/h5 mph wind, Great
12 pm
8.4
3 km/h2 mph wind, Great
1 pm
8.5
3 km/h2 mph wind, Excellent
2 pm
8.4
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
3 pm
8.4
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
4 pm
8.4
7 km/h5 mph wind, Great
5 pm
8.4
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
6 pm
8.3
5 km/h3 mph wind, Great

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 8 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
18°C64°F
Water
21°C71°F
Wind
21 km/hmph NNE
Gusts
32 km/hmph
Waves
0.8 m3 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
3%
Sunset
6:13 pm
Today
2.7Poor8 am117
4.9Fair9 am74
5.7Good10 am74
6.8Good11 am75
5.2Fair12 pm149
5.1Fair1 pm74
2.8Poor2 pm117
4.6Fair3 pm138
4.9Fair4 pm74
5.1Fair5 pm74
4.5Fair6 pm2012
Fri
8.3Great8 am42
8.2Great9 am64
8.3Great10 am85
8.1Great11 am75
8.4Great12 pm32
8.5Excellent1 pm32
8.4Great2 pm85
8.4Great3 pm85
8.4Great4 pm75
8.4Great5 pm85
8.3Great6 pm53
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 1 am, -0.2 m. High at 8 am, 1.1 m. Low at 2 pm, -0.2 m. High at 8 pm, 0.9 mLow 1 am, -0.2 m<1 ftHigh 8 am, 1.1 m4 ftLow 2 pm, -0.2 m<1 ftHigh 8 pm, 0.9 m3 ftNow5 am11 am5 pm11 pm
  • Low 1 am, -0.2 m<1 ft
  • High 8 am, 1.1 m4 ft
  • Low 2 pm, -0.2 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.

Facilities

  • Parking2 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 240 m800 ft. Listed as free
  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest town
9.6 km6 miCarpinteria (town)
Nearest airport
34 km21 miSanta Paula Airport (SZP)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

Compare hotels and apartments near Oil Piers Beach.

Partner links

Beachfront rooms go first on warm weekends.

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Fri8.5 ExcellentBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 4%
  • Sat9.0 ExcellentBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
  • Sun8.5 ExcellentBest 8 am to 1 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon9.4 ExcellentBest 10 am to 7 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue8.7 ExcellentBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed6.0 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 9 km/h6 mph, rain 0%