Secret spot?We can hide it! Refugio State Beach Surf Forecast / California – Santa Barbara / USA6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 03 am Saturday 04 Feb 2012Refugio State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Largest waves (m) & direction (?) |
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| Period (s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | ||||||
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| Max-energy | 2412 | 2898 | 2875 | 2713 | 2675 | 2348 | 1872 | 1208 | 412 | 1248 | 1338 | 926 | 1324 | 5655 | 5224 | 3731 | 3025 | 2116 | ||||||
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| Wind State (?) | cross- off |
glass | cross- off |
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glass | glass | cross- on |
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cross | cross | cross- off |
off | cross- off |
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Refugio State Beach blow from the NNE
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High Tide / height (m) |
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8:53PM 1.07 |
7:44AM 1.71 |
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9:17PM 1.15 |
8:21AM 1.77 |
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9:42PM 1.23 |
8:59AM 1.79 |
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10:10PM 1.31 |
9:38AM 1.76 |
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10:40PM 1.39 |
10:19AM 1.66 |
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11:13PM 1.45 |
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2:21PM -0.14 |
1:32AM 0.58 |
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2:50PM -0.23 |
2:11AM 0.49 |
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3:19PM -0.28 |
2:50AM 0.40 |
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3:48PM -0.29 |
3:31AM 0.32 |
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4:19PM -0.25 |
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4:15AM 0.26 |
4:50PM -0.16 |
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Note: the tide data above is for Gaviota, California which is 13 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Refugio State Beach. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph. |
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Today's Refugio State Beach sea temperature is 13.1 °C (Statistics for 04 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 13.7 max: 15.4 min: 12.0 °C) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Mon night Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Mon night) Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the ESE by Mon night) | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night) Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Tue morning, calm by Thu morning) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| High °C | 19 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 16 | ||||||
| Low °C | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 16 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 19 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 15 | ||||||
| Sunrise | 6:56 | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | ||||||
| Sunset | - | 17:31 | - | - | 17:32 | - | - | 17:34 | - | - | 17:35 | - | - | 17:36 | - | - | 17:37 | - | ||||||
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The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Refugio State Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site…. Click here to get the code.
View detailed surf forecast for Refugio State Beach at:
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Information about the Refugio State Beach Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Refugio State Beach provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 6 days. A general guide to surfing at Refugio State Beach can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Refugio State Beach surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Refugio State Beach) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Refugio State Beach may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
Refugio State Beach is 21 km (13 miles) from Isla Vista. If you plan a vacation in Santa Barbara, look for hotels and other accommodation in Isla Vista. Isla Vista has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.
