Leadbetter Point Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Best conditions for Leadbetter Point

Leadbetter Point is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the W, with light wind from the SW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →

Current conditions

Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-08-26 10:10 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.

Leadbetter Point 7-day surf forecast

Model wave & wind outlook for Leadbetter Point from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).

Tide

Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 9411340 (Santa Barbara), the nearest tide station (1 mi away). Times local.

• 2026-06-06 01:01 — High 4.553 ft
• 2026-06-06 08:52 — Low 0.192 ft
• 2026-06-06 16:18 — High 3.7 ft
• 2026-06-06 20:41 — Low 3.017 ft
• 2026-06-07 02:01 — High 4.084 ft
• 2026-06-07 09:36 — Low 0.472 ft

Frequently asked

Is Leadbetter Point good for beginners?

Leadbetter Point is best for improving and intermediate surfers — it's most often good on 2–4 ft surf, manageable on its smaller days but a step up from true beginner conditions. Conditions change daily, so always check the live report on this page before paddling out.

What's the best tide for Leadbetter Point?

Leadbetter Point tends to be best on a high incoming tide — the tide stage LazySurfer surfers have rated highest here. Tide changes how the swell breaks, so check the two-day tide chart on this page for today's high and low times.

What swell direction is best for Leadbetter Point?

The best swell direction for Leadbetter Point is from the west (W). Swell arriving from the west lines up best with how this break faces, which is when LazySurfer surfers have rated it highest.

What's the best wind for Leadbetter Point?

Leadbetter Point is most often good with light wind from the southwest (SW) — the wind LazySurfer surfers logged on their best-rated sessions here. Wind direction grooms or chops the wave face, so check the live report for current wind.

Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Leadbetter Point come from?

LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 46053) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Santa Barbara). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.

Does LazySurfer predict whether Leadbetter Point is good for me?

Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.

Nearby spots

• Leadbetter Beach — 0 mi
• Campus Point — 8 mi
• Carpinteria State Beach — 10 mi
• Mondos — 19 mi
• Ventura Point — 24 mi

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