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CALIFORNIA / Western Gaviota edgeSPOT / 681

Shit Holes / Outfall Peak.

Shallow reef peak

Left & right34.464° N / 120.112° W
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Forecast & tide at a glance

Estimated surf face · feet · Pacific time. The existing PureSurfers face-estimation engine; not a measured or calibrated breaking-wave report.

Estimated surf face1.2 ftOlder cached forecast Thu Oct 22, 3:00pm Pacific
Coastal wind11.4 mphW from
NOAA tide reference1.7 ftMLLW · Santa Barbara

READ THE INDIVIDUAL SWELLS

Swell by swell.

Offshore component height (Hs), not surf-face height. Directions are where waves come from. Component heights do not add together.

Thu Oct 22, 3:00pm Pacific

GFS · 4 components
Primary swell
1.7ft Hs

WSW from · 242° · 5.2 s

1.7 feet
Wind sea
0.0ft Hs

No energy reported for this component

0.0 feet
Secondary swell
1.3ft Hs

WSW from · 243° · 12.8 s

1.3 feet
Tertiary swell
0.7ft Hs

S from · 191° · 15.9 s

0.7 feet
MFWAM · 2 components
Primary swell
2.2ft Hs

W from · 276° · 7.4 s

2.2 feet
Wind sea
0.2ft Hs

SE from · 128° · 1.1 s

0.2 feet

Each model supplies its own partitions. Missing components remain unavailable; another model’s primary swell is not automatically the same wave system.

Coastal wind retrieved Thu Oct 22, 2:30pm. This is regional modeled wind, not a beach measurement.

Source retrievals: GFS Oct 22, 2:00pm (older cache) · ECMWF Oct 22, 2:45pm · MFWAM Oct 22, 2:01pm (older cache). Retrieval time is not the model issue time. This page combines all available cached model families; map model selections are separate.

Tide predictions: Santa Barbara, 39 km reference; retrieved Thu Oct 22, 12:45pm. Station predictions can differ locally.

Seven-day overview

06:00–19:00 forecast hours; daily values are not a full-day maximum.
Pacific dayEstimated surf faceMean windHours available
Thu Oct 221.3 ft6.9 mph14/14
Fri Oct 232.0 ft16.0 mph14/14
Sat Oct 241.7 ft4.6 mph14/14
Sun Oct 251.2 ft4.6 mph14/14
Mon Oct 261.2 ft5.5 mph14/14
Tue Oct 271.5 ft6.0 mph14/14
Wed Oct 281.4 ft4.0 mph14/14
Hourly details · next 72 hours
Pacific timeEstimated surf faceModel rangeSet proxySwell fromWindTide MLLWModels
Thu 3:00pm1.2 ft1.0–1.7 ft1.8 ftWSW · 9.2 s11.4 mph W1.7 ft3
Thu 4:00pm1.1 ft0.8–1.7 ft1.7 ftWSW · 9.0 s2.6 mph NW2.3 ft3
Thu 5:00pm1.1 ft0.8–1.7 ft1.7 ftWSW · 8.9 s5.7 mph WNW3.1 ft3
Thu 6:00pm1.1 ft0.8–1.7 ft1.7 ftWSW · 8.8 s6.1 mph W3.9 ft3
Thu 7:00pm1.1 ft0.8–1.7 ft1.7 ftWSW · 8.7 s6.1 mph WNW4.5 ft3
Thu 8:00pm1.1 ft0.8–1.7 ft1.6 ftWSW · 8.6 s8.6 mph NW4.6 ft3
Thu 9:00pm1.1 ft0.8–1.8 ft1.7 ftWSW · 8.4 s11.6 mph NW4.4 ft3
Thu 10:00pm1.2 ft0.9–1.8 ft1.8 ftWSW · 8.3 s13.3 mph NNW3.6 ft3
Thu 11:00pm1.3 ft1.0–1.8 ft1.9 ftW · 8.2 s11.7 mph NNW2.7 ft3
Fri 12:00am1.3 ft1.0–1.9 ft2.0 ftW · 8.2 s10.5 mph NNW1.8 ft3
Fri 1:00am1.3 ft1.0–1.9 ft2.0 ftW · 8.3 s6.4 mph NW1.1 ft3
Fri 2:00am1.4 ft1.1–1.9 ft2.1 ftW · 8.3 s4.4 mph W0.8 ft3
Fri 3:00am1.4 ft1.1–2.0 ft2.2 ftW · 8.3 s8.3 mph NW1.1 ft3
Fri 4:00am1.5 ft1.1–2.1 ft2.2 ftW · 8.2 s11.2 mph NNW1.8 ft3
Fri 5:00am1.5 ft1.0–2.2 ft2.3 ftW · 8.2 s14.0 mph NNW2.9 ft3
Fri 6:00am1.7 ft1.4–2.3 ft2.6 ftW · 8.2 s14.3 mph NNW4.0 ft3
Fri 7:00am1.8 ft1.4–2.3 ft2.7 ftW · 8.1 s11.8 mph NNW4.8 ft3
Fri 8:00am1.7 ft1.0–2.4 ft2.5 ftW · 8.1 s11.8 mph NNW5.3 ft3
Fri 9:00am1.8 ft1.3–2.5 ft2.8 ftW · 8.2 s10.9 mph NNW5.2 ft3
Fri 10:00am2.0 ft1.6–2.5 ft3.0 ftW · 8.3 s8.7 mph NW4.5 ft3
Fri 11:00am2.0 ft1.7–2.6 ft3.1 ftW · 8.3 s18.1 mph NNW3.6 ft3
Fri 12:00pm2.0 ft1.5–2.6 ft3.0 ftW · 8.2 s17.7 mph NNW2.4 ft3
Fri 1:00pm2.0 ft1.5–2.6 ft3.0 ftW · 8.0 s17.3 mph NNW1.5 ft3
Fri 2:00pm2.0 ft1.6–2.6 ft3.1 ftW · 7.9 s17.8 mph NNW0.9 ft3
Fri 3:00pm2.1 ft1.6–2.7 ft3.1 ftW · 7.7 s18.1 mph NNW0.9 ft3
Fri 4:00pm2.0 ft1.6–2.8 ft3.0 ftW · 7.5 s19.7 mph NNW1.3 ft3
Fri 5:00pm2.0 ft1.6–2.8 ft3.1 ftW · 7.4 s19.1 mph NNW2.1 ft3
Fri 6:00pm2.2 ft1.8–2.9 ft3.3 ftWNW · 7.4 s18.2 mph NNW3.1 ft3
Fri 7:00pm2.2 ft1.7–2.9 ft3.4 ftWNW · 7.4 s19.9 mph NNW4.0 ft3
Fri 8:00pm2.2 ft1.6–3.0 ft3.3 ftWNW · 7.6 s19.0 mph N4.5 ft3
Fri 9:00pm2.2 ft1.5–2.9 ft3.2 ftWNW · 7.8 s14.7 mph N4.6 ft3
Fri 10:00pm2.1 ft1.4–2.8 ft3.2 ftWNW · 8.1 s7.0 mph NNE4.2 ft3
Fri 11:00pm2.1 ft1.5–2.8 ft3.2 ftWNW · 8.3 s4.7 mph NNE3.4 ft3
Sat 12:00am2.1 ft1.5–2.7 ft3.1 ftWNW · 8.5 s4.4 mph NNE2.4 ft3
Sat 1:00am2.1 ft1.4–2.7 ft3.1 ftW · 8.7 s4.7 mph N1.6 ft3
Sat 2:00am2.0 ft1.4–2.6 ft3.0 ftW · 8.9 s4.5 mph N1.1 ft3
Sat 3:00am2.0 ft1.3–2.5 ft3.0 ftW · 9.0 s4.0 mph NNE1.1 ft3
Sat 4:00am1.9 ft1.3–2.5 ft2.9 ftW · 9.1 s2.6 mph NNE1.7 ft3
Sat 5:00am1.9 ft1.3–2.5 ft2.9 ftW · 9.2 s2.6 mph N2.7 ft3
Sat 6:00am1.9 ft1.3–2.4 ft2.8 ftW · 9.3 s1.4 mph NNE3.8 ft3
Sat 7:00am1.8 ft1.2–2.4 ft2.8 ftW · 9.3 s1.7 mph NE4.9 ft3
Sat 8:00am1.8 ft1.2–2.3 ft2.7 ftW · 9.4 s1.2 mph NE5.6 ft3
Sat 9:00am1.8 ft1.2–2.4 ft2.7 ftW · 9.4 s3.2 mph WSW5.7 ft3
Sat 10:00am1.8 ft1.1–2.3 ft2.6 ftW · 9.4 s2.0 mph SE5.2 ft3
Sat 11:00am1.7 ft1.1–2.3 ft2.6 ftW · 9.4 s3.3 mph SW4.2 ft3
Sat 12:00pm1.7 ft1.1–2.3 ft2.6 ftW · 9.4 s4.8 mph SW2.9 ft3
Sat 1:00pm1.7 ft1.0–2.3 ft2.5 ftW · 9.4 s6.4 mph SW1.7 ft3
Sat 2:00pm1.7 ft1.0–2.2 ft2.5 ftW · 9.3 s6.9 mph WSW0.7 ft3
Sat 3:00pm1.6 ft0.9–2.2 ft2.4 ftW · 9.1 s7.6 mph SW0.3 ft3
Sat 4:00pm1.6 ft1.1–2.2 ft2.5 ftW · 8.8 s7.8 mph WSW0.4 ft3
Sat 5:00pm1.6 ft1.1–2.2 ft2.5 ftW · 8.5 s7.2 mph WSW1.1 ft3
Sat 6:00pm1.6 ft1.0–2.2 ft2.4 ftW · 8.4 s5.3 mph WNW2.1 ft3
Sat 7:00pm1.6 ft1.0–2.2 ft2.4 ftW · 8.3 s5.9 mph NNW3.2 ft3
Sat 8:00pm1.6 ft1.0–2.1 ft2.3 ftW · 8.2 s7.4 mph N4.0 ft3
Sat 9:00pm1.5 ft1.1–2.0 ft2.3 ftW · 8.3 s7.8 mph N4.5 ft3
Sat 10:00pm1.5 ft1.1–2.0 ft2.3 ftW · 8.5 s7.2 mph N4.5 ft3
Sat 11:00pm1.5 ft1.0–1.9 ft2.2 ftW · 8.6 s6.9 mph N3.9 ft3
Sun 12:00am1.4 ft1.0–1.9 ft2.2 ftW · 8.7 s7.2 mph N3.1 ft3
Sun 1:00am1.4 ft1.0–1.9 ft2.1 ftW · 8.8 s7.0 mph N2.2 ft3
Sun 2:00am1.4 ft0.9–1.8 ft2.1 ftW · 8.8 s6.9 mph NNE1.6 ft3
Sun 3:00am1.3 ft0.9–1.8 ft2.0 ftW · 8.9 s6.4 mph NNE1.3 ft3
Sun 4:00am1.3 ft0.8–1.7 ft1.9 ftW · 9.0 s5.8 mph NNE1.7 ft3
Sun 5:00am1.3 ft0.8–1.7 ft1.9 ftW · 9.0 s5.5 mph NNE2.5 ft3
Sun 6:00am1.2 ft0.8–1.7 ft1.9 ftW · 9.1 s5.4 mph NNE3.6 ft3
Sun 7:00am1.2 ft0.7–1.7 ft1.8 ftW · 9.1 s5.5 mph NNE4.8 ft3
Sun 8:00am1.2 ft0.8–1.7 ft1.8 ftW · 9.2 s5.5 mph NNE5.7 ft3
Sun 9:00am1.2 ft0.7–1.7 ft1.8 ftW · 9.2 s3.8 mph NE6.1 ft3
Sun 10:00am1.2 ft0.7–1.6 ft1.8 ftW · 9.1 s0.9 mph E5.9 ft3
Sun 11:00am1.2 ft0.7–1.6 ft1.7 ftW · 9.1 s3.3 mph SSW5.0 ft3
Sun 12:00pm1.2 ft0.7–1.6 ft1.7 ftW · 9.1 s4.1 mph SSW3.7 ft3
Sun 1:00pm1.1 ft0.6–1.6 ft1.7 ftW · 9.2 s5.2 mph SSW2.2 ft3
Sun 2:00pm1.1 ft0.6–1.6 ft1.7 ftW · 9.1 s5.4 mph SW0.9 ft3
Sun 3:00pm1.1 ft0.6–1.6 ft1.6 ftW · 8.8 s4.9 mph SW0.0 ft3

Model spread is not a confidence interval. Tide and wind are context, not new corrections to surf size. Larger sets and changing hazards remain possible.

This page reads the shared cache first. Refresh requests only this spot’s existing regional samples.

Know the spot

A locally named, shifty reef peak with a viable but inconsistent left and an ill-defined right.

Also known as Shitholes · Shit Holes.

Break type
Shallow reef peak
Wave direction
Left & right
Reported difficulty
Advanced / local knowledge
Bottom
Shallow reef / rock
Reported swell preference
W–WNW; enough size to bend in
Reported tide preference
Highly tide and backwash sensitive

The name and wave behavior come from detailed local session accounts. Public material does not establish a precise coordinate, so this is a coarse orientation pin—not an exact takeoff claim.

Before paddling out: Shallow reef, closeouts, backwash, private/access constraints, water-quality concern and localism.

No route shown — localized and access-sensitive Coarse local-name pin near the western atlas edge

Source references

Provenance is not proof that every inherited claim or current access condition has been rechecked.

THE FIELD GUIDE / Shit Holes / Outfall Peak

Read this stretch of coast.

Follow the swell window

The catalogue’s reported preference for Shit Holes / Outfall Peak is “W–WNW; enough size to bend in”. Compare that description with each component’s incoming direction and period. An offshore swell number is a reference; the local wave still depends on the actual shoreline, bottom and tide.

Check the water level

Reported tide preference: Highly tide and backwash sensitive. Follow the named NOAA station and its trend through your intended session, then inspect the entry and exit at the beach. A station prediction is not a water-level sensor at this takeoff.

Read the bottom and the lineup

Catalogue bottom: Shallow reef / rock. Reported difficulty: Advanced / local knowledge. Watch several sets before choosing where to enter, keep clear of riders, and compare the actual wave with your ability and equipment.

A useful note for next time

Record the section you actually surfed, the time, incoming swell direction and period, wind and tide trend. Add what the wave did: connected sections, closeouts, drift or exposed obstacles. Comparing that observation with the same model next time is more useful than treating one colored number as the whole session.

Camera references nearby

No nearby camera reference in the current registry. The atlas camera layer may have other regional views.

Links to third-party camera pages, not owned feeds. Proximity does not confirm the camera sees this break. Playback and image freshness have not been verified by this page.

Make the next session easier

Lineup etiquette · Paddling technique · How these forecasts work

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PureSurfers is built by Peter Ochabski. Spot profiles combine retained sources and contributor observations; this is not a claim he has surfed or verified every entry.

COASTAL WAVE GUIDANCE

Waves at the model cells

3.81–3.81 ft

Significant wave height (Hs) before the legacy spot reduction. This is not a measured breaking-face or set range.

Nearshore and buoy trends load here. Coverage and observation times are shown separately.