Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean .
Itholakala engxenyeni ebheke eningizimu yogu lolwandle, ingxenye ende kunazo zonke oGwini olusentshonalanga ye-United States, leli dolobha liphakathi kwezintaba ezikhuphuka kakhulu zaseSanta Ynez nePacific Ocean.