Beach / reef / Intermediate
Hendry’s / The Pit
Also searched as: Arroyo Burro · The Pit
Fast, dumpy city beachbreak peaks with reef influence—more punch than Leadbetter.
- Reported direction
- Left & right
- General swell window
- W–NW windswell or groundswell
- Reported tide preference
- All; shape changes sharply
- Bottom
- Sand & rock
The Pit is not the beginner choice despite easy parking. Multiple peaks can offer either direction.
Things to check: Shorebreak, rocks, rip current, creek water quality after rain, dogs on beach.
Location: Documented beach zone. Arroyo Burro Beach parking. Check current access independently.
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Beach / reef / Intermediate
Mesa Lane
Also searched as: The Pendulum
A set of reef-and-sand peaks reached by the Mesa Lane stairs.
- Reported direction
- Left & right
- General swell window
- W; spring windswell can help
- Reported tide preference
- Incoming / mid
- Bottom
- Rock & sand
A good local check on an incoming tide when the better-known points are not cooperating.
Things to check: Submerged rock, stairs, narrow beach, neighborhood parking etiquette.
Location: Documented lineup. Mesa Lane public steps. Check current access independently.
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Reef / Intermediate
Thousand Steps
Also searched as: One Thousand Steps · Camino al Mar
A tide-sensitive local reef zone below the East Mesa bluff.
- Reported direction
- Variable reef peaks
- General swell window
- W–NW
- Reported tide preference
- Low–mid
- Bottom
- Rock & sand
The map deliberately treats this as a reef belt rather than pretending one fixed takeoff is permanent.
Things to check: 157-step access, slippery stairs, exposed reef, beach disappears at higher tide.
Location: Public access pin; peaks shift along reef belt. Thousand Steps public stairway. Check current access independently.
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Point / Beginner–intermediate
Leadbetter Point
Also searched as: Santa Barbara Point
A slow, long, forgiving right beloved by longboards, learners and SUPs.
- Reported direction
- Right
- General swell window
- W–NW
- Reported tide preference
- Low–mid
- Bottom
- Sand
The central Santa Barbara confidence-builder; it needs west energy but becomes surprisingly long when lined up.
Things to check: Crowds, mixed craft, rocks near the point, harbor traffic farther east.
Location: Documented lineup. Leadbetter Beach parking. Check current access independently.
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Harbor wedge / sandbar / Advanced / expert
Sandspit
Also searched as: The Spit
The harbor-engineered mutant: a heavy, hollow right when the sand and swell align.
- Reported direction
- Right-dominant
- General swell window
- Large W; NW–SW energy can focus
- Reported tide preference
- Low–mid
- Bottom
- Sand
One of the coast’s most dramatic novelty waves. Treat any left as secondary to the dominant right-hand wedge.
Things to check: Violent lip, currents, breakwater, shallow sandbar, expert-only when active.
Location: Documented lineup. Santa Barbara Harbor / breakwater access. Check current access independently.
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