How far is Santa Maria from the ocean?
Santa Maria is close to the sea: the nearest coastline is 12 miles (19 km) away in a straight line. The nearest stretch of coast is in California, United States.
To the coast
12 miles
19 km · straight line
Nearest land border
250 miles
with Mexico
Setting
Near the coast
624th farthest from the ocean of 861 cities
Santa MariaNearest point on the coast
How far are you from the ocean?
Measure from where you are standing. On a phone this uses GPS, so the answer is for your exact spot, not the city centre.
Santa Maria at a glance
- Coordinates
- 34.9530° N, 120.4357° W
- Region
- California, United States
- Distance to the coast
- 12 miles (19 km), in a straight line
- Nearest point on the coast
- 34.8614° N, 120.6119° W (California, United States)
- Nearest land border
- 250 miles (402 km), with Mexico
- Among United States's cities
- 217th farthest from the ocean of the 300 cities measured
Nearby cities and the coast
| City | Country | To the coast |
|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield | United States | 73 miles (117 km) |
| Oxnard | United States | 2.7 miles (4.3 km) |
| Simi Valley | United States | 17 miles (27 km) |
| Thousand Oaks | United States | 9.4 miles (15 km) |
| Santa Clarita | United States | 24 miles (39 km) |
| Visalia | United States | 109 miles (175 km) |
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Questions
How far is Santa Maria from the ocean?
Santa Maria is close to the sea: the nearest coastline is 12 miles (19 km) away in a straight line. The nearest stretch of coast is in California, United States.
Is that the driving distance?
No. 12 miles (19 km) is the straight-line distance from the city centre to the nearest point on the shore. The drive to a beach is longer, often much longer, and depends on the roads.
How far is Santa Maria from the nearest border?
Santa Maria is 250 miles (402 km) from the nearest land border, with Mexico, in a straight line.
Where in Santa Maria is this measured from?
From the city's centre point (34.9530° N, 120.4357° W). A large city spreads out, so some neighbourhoods are closer to the ocean than this and some farther. For an exact figure from where you are, use your own location.
Measured by MapGO on October 19, 2026 with the same coastline data as the distance to coastline calculator. All distances are straight lines over the Earth's surface.