Camarillo sits in the agricultural valley between the Conejo Grade and the Oxnard Plain, and that geography makes wind. Afternoon sea breezes funnel through daily, and Santa Ana events in fall can be genuinely fierce. Any heater spec'd for Camarillo has to earn it in wind — which rules out a lot of lightweight equipment.
Nights tell the other half of the story. Once the sun drops behind the hills, valley radiational cooling pulls temperatures down fast — winter nights routinely land in the 40s, and even summer evenings can feel cool at a table by 9pm. Old Town's restaurant patios, the outlets district, and the growing dining corridors all face the same pattern.
The right setup for Camarillo is wind-rated equipment placed with exposure in mind: mounted infrared where there's cover, enclosed-burner freestanding units where there isn't. We size from your actual patio — orientation, cover, seating — not from a square-footage chart.