GOLETA BEACH COUNTY PARK - GOLETA SLOUGH
Santa Barbara County California
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(Lots of fun when I SUP surfed at Goleta Point -- Popular with kayakers, launch for ocean or slough)
Both the slough and ocean here are popular for paddlers.
The slough has numerous birds and is good for canoeing.
The ocean here is scenic, especially in spring when the mountains behind the city are bright green.
At the southeast end of the parking lot, there is a ramp that goes part way across the beach toward the water in the slough. This is a very easy place to carry and launch a canoe for paddling in the slough. If you are going to paddle in the ocean, you can also launch from the same spot or just launch from the beach North West of this spot. The surf is usually small here so the launch is normally quite easy.
Goleta Point often has good but small point break waves - I've had fun stand up paddle board surfing here. You can paddle from the Goleta Beach area up towards Goleta Point, or you can park at Lot 6 at UC Santa Barbara. Parking at Goleta Beach is free and a 1 to 2 mile paddle to the surf breaks by Goleta Point (parking at the far west end of lot is closer to Goleta Point). Parking at Lot 6 is pay parking unless you have a UC Santa Barbara parking pass.
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