Live skimboarding conditions for 20 beaches in Central Coast, California. Each beach gets a skim score from 0 to 10, built from shorebreak size, how close the waves break to the sand, wind, tide and swell quality. 8 or higher is a W Skim.
Steeper beaches here, like Ventura, Santa Barbara (East Beach), Silver Strand (Oxnard), Hollywood Beach (Oxnard), usually skim best around mid tide, when waves break right on the sand. Flatter, wider beaches, like Pismo Beach, Avila Beach, Carpinteria, Hendry's Beach, are better near low tide and on small days for flatland.