California Street The local municipality calls it Surfer's Point. But to the Ventura wave riding community, the name C Street will do just fine. Formed many moons ago from sediment deposits via the Ventura River, the right pointbreak consistenly offers rideable waves year round. Boasting a massive swell window, C Street pulls in long period surf out of the northwest, west, south, or southwest. The cobblestone bottom prefers a low to medium tide and a wind pushing from the north to northeast. Too much east in the wind, and there'll be a frustrating cross chop. The point refracts groundswells all the way from a due west direction near the top of the point, to wrapping in at almost true north once it hits the inside sections. The most popular spot here is Pipe, located at the top of the point. The long walls here break fast, and are often hollow as determined by the sand flow from the Ventura rivermouth. On a low tide, the lines may break a little too quickly, leaving you behind a never ending section. Again, this is a function of the sand flow and bottom conditions. Cruising down the point, the next take off spot is Stables, characterized by the quadruped hangout at the county fairgrounds behind the C Street parking lot. The continuing right lines begin to refract here toward the point and make for a zippy, yet predictable shoulder. Last up is California Street. The peak here fronts the main parking area and serves up a more subdued right coupled with a steeper and faster left depending on the swell size and direction. In summary, you've got three distinct take off zones distributed along a mile long point of land fed by a rivermouth. Not a bad setup by anyone's standards.