Mesa

Mesa, a Spanish word meaning “table”, describes the southwestern bluff located above the Pacific Ocean and downtown Santa Barbara. City weather records show that the Mesa’s winter temperatures are 10 to 12 degrees warmer in the winter than downtown, and 10 to 12 degrees cooler in the summer. This climatic attraction, plus the spectacular marine views, caused a housing boom after World War II. Today, the Mesa is a mix between modest single-family homes and modern two story ocean view homes that tend to be occupied by college students, devoted surfers to young families and retired tried and true Santa Barbarans. Whether running at the beach, flying kites at Shoreline Park, walking down to Nite Moves in the summer, walking with your dogs at the Wilcox Property/Douglas Family Preserve or Hendry’s Beach or simply enjoying the sunset, the Mesa has many areas that are well suited to enjoying nature and sums up the Santa Barbara lifestyle perfectly!