Welcome to Surf ...

Surf is located in Santa Barbara County<1>.

The location of Surf has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Surf, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1897.

Surf is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Surf lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Surf: (805)

Communities Also Named Surf ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Surf - it's located in Florida.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Surf.

Communities near Surf ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Surf.

• Lompoc
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompoc
  • Lompoc is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,253 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lompoc <4>
• Guadalupe
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
  • Guadalupe is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,140 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guadalupe <4>
• Vandenberg Village
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vandenberg Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandenberg Village
  • Vandenberg Village is located in Santa Barbara County
• Lompoc Village
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lompoc Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompoc Village
  • Lompoc Village is located in Santa Barbara County
• Mission Hills
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
  • Mission Hills is located in Santa Barbara County
• Casmalia
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casmalia
  • Casmalia is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Casmalia <4>
• Orcutt
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orcutt
  • Orcutt is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orcutt <4>
• Betteravia
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betteravia
  • Betteravia is located in Santa Barbara County
• Los Alamos
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
  • Los Alamos is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Los Alamos <4>
• Santa Maria
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Maria
  • Santa Maria is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 105,851 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Maria <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Surf. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Surf.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Surf. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Surf.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Surf. See our Newspapers Page for Surf.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Surf ...

Looking for more information about Surf? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Surf, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Surf.

Adding Surf to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Surf in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Surf was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Surf post office opened in 1897.

We also found Surf mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Surf.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Surf. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Santa Barbara County: www.countyofsb.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/