Point Conception is a headland along the Pacific coast of the US state of California, located in southwestern Santa Barbara County. It is the point where the Santa Barbara Channel meets the Pacific Ocean, and as the corner between the mostly north-south trending portion of coast to the north and the east-west trending part of the coast near Santa Barbara, it makes a natural division between Southern and Central California... The Point Conception Lighthouse is is at its tip. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Conception] ... Widely regarded as one of the three most dangerous places to sail in the world owing to the rapidly changing weather conditions, which can catch out even the most experienced of sailors. Fast winds travel all the way across from the Aleutian Islands – across the north-eastern pacific – before buffering the region. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sailing/2016/05/25/where-are-the-most-dangerous-places-in-the-world-to-go-sailing/point-conception/]