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Government Point surf Forecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 28 Mar 2024 PDT
Forecast update in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Government Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Government Point sea temperature is 12.5°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 13.6 °C max: 14.8 °C min: 12.1 °C)
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Government Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Government Point sea temperature is 12.5°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 13.6 °C max: 14.8 °C min: 12.1 °C)


How big are the waves at Government Point today?

The current surf forecast for Government Point at 2AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (29 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (29 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

Table - waves today at Government Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Thu
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
Period(s) (?)1414141413131313131312131313131313121212121212121111111111111110101010101011141414131313131212121279101010101111121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)180927272826246622652029178014979081104207937624717480045894026396435693064263020941871182416881835183215971309121410749268006014114363603081985786126126805364514303836807829616181430258224022232232630933763418541423923
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
15
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSW
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
25
SE
30
ESE
30
E
20
ENE
10
NNE
15
NW
30
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
5
W
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
5
NE
5
E
5
SW
10
WSW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
WNW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
1.91
1:49PM
1.30
12:26AM
1.89
3:42PM
1.23
1:05AM
1.86
2:07AM
1.83
3:38AM
1.82
7:56PM
1.46
5:11AM
1.87
8:04PM
1.56
6:26AM
1.95
8:24PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
0.57
5:43PM
1.14
8:19AM
0.59
5:28PM
1.22
9:38AM
0.59
11:02AM
0.52
12:08PM
0.42
11:12PM
1.37
12:58PM
0.32
12:37AM
1.22
1:41PM
0.25
1:36AM
1.00
Thu
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
Sunrise----6:52-------6:50-------6:48-------6:48-------6:46-------6:45-------6:43-------
Sunset-------7:21-------7:21-------7:22-------7:22-------7:23-------7:23-------7:24----
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Rain (mm)
-------266111223321------------------------------------11111
Temp. °C12111091012121212111211121213121111111110141413121110910141515121212121315151615141313131616151211101011111111108910
Feels °C (?)8876886689878677655771087666671212108810101214131311109910121211842122122143

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