There are 8 ways to get from Buffalo to Oceanside by plane, train, train (Amtrak), bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to San Diego International Airport, train
best- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane BUF - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego to Oceansidetrain
11h$186–742Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BUF - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Oceansidetrain
11h 1m$174–590Train
- Take the train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Oceansidetrain
2d 9h$1,502–2,498Bus
- Take the bus from Buffalo to Columbusbus
- Take the bus from Columbus to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Downtown to Oceanside Transportation Centerbus
2d 14h$465–773Drive 2,531.8 mi
- Drive from Buffalo to Oceansidecar 2,531.8 mi
41h 50m$462–668Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport (CLD)plane BUF - CLD
11h 3m$176–764Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane BUF - SNA
- Take the train from Anaheim to Oceansidetrain
13h 8m$227–922Bus to Toronto Pearson International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Buffalo to Mississaugabus
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane YYZ - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego to Oceansidetrain
13h 9m$460–1,049
Buffalo to Oceanside by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Buffalo to Oceanside is to fly and train which costs $170 - $600 and takes 11h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Buffalo to Oceanside is to fly and train which takes 11h and costs $180 - $750.
No, there is no direct bus from Buffalo to Oceanside. However, there are services departing from Buffalo and arriving at Oceanside Transportation Center via Columbus, St Louis Bus Station and Los Angeles Downtown. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
No, there is no direct train from Buffalo to Oceanside. However, there are services departing from Buffalo and arriving at Oceanside via Buffalo Depew Station, Chicago Union Station and Fullerton Amtrak Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 9h.
The distance between Buffalo and Oceanside is 2264 miles. The road distance is 2546.5 miles.
The best way to get from Buffalo to Oceanside without a car is to train which takes 2 days 9h and costs $1,500 - $2,500.
It takes approximately 11h to get from Buffalo to Oceanside, including transfers.
Buffalo to Oceanside bus services, operated by Barons Bus, depart from Buffalo station.
Buffalo to Oceanside train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Buffalo Depew Station.
The best way to get from Buffalo to Oceanside is to train which takes 2 days 9h and costs $1,500 - $2,500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $460 - $800 and takes 2 days 14h, you could also fly, which costs $170 - $800 and takes 11h 3m.
What companies run services between Buffalo, NY, USA and Oceanside, CA, USA?
You can take a train from Buffalo to Oceanside via Buffalo Depew Station, Chicago Union Station, and Fullerton Amtrak Station in around 2d 9h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buffalo to Oceanside Transportation Center via Columbus, St Louis Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, and Los Angeles Downtown in around 2d 14h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–900
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Diego to Oceanside
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $290–450
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,900
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Oceanside
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Oceanside
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Anaheim to Oceanside
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Diego to Oceanside
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- Metrolink Trains
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Oceanside
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- Metrolink Trains
Train from Anaheim to Oceanside
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- Metrolink Trains
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- [email protected]
- Website
- Barons Bus
Bus from Buffalo to Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- Barons Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Columbus to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $340–550
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Los Angeles Downtown to Oceanside Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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Booking & Getting There
Buffalo to Oceanside bus services, operated by Barons Bus, arrive at Columbus station.
Oceanside is 3h behind Buffalo. It is currently 5:16 AM in Buffalo and 2:16 AM in Oceanside.
Buffalo to Oceanside train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Buffalo to Oceanside is 2547 miles. It takes approximately 41h 50m to drive from Buffalo to Oceanside.
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