Santa Barbara Surf

Detailed Santa Barbara surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Santa Barbara. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Santa Barbara. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Santa Barbara over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Santa Barbara and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

Santa Barbara Surf Forecast

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Santa Barbara Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Santa Barbara Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Santa Barbara coastline are also listed below.

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	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Sand Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	0	0	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	4	4	3	2	0	3	3	4	5	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	10	9	16	12	14	13	11	9	9	12	11	11	10	11	21	18	18	17	16
Energy(?)	68	67	165	610	488	847	1402	3872	2311	1147	248	851	1054	854	305	167	838	308	1500	2489	6386	3915
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			10:25PM 1.57	8:33AM 2.16		10:38PM 1.17	9:21AM 2.09		11:22PM 1.20	10:08AM 1.96		12:33AM 1.65	11:16AM 2.11		1:17AM 1.69	12:07PM 1.87		1:37AM 1.33	12:41PM 1.25		2:38AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		3:38PM -0.16	2:37AM 1.14		4:00PM -0.59	3:03AM 0.63		4:44PM -0.52	3:57AM 0.63		5:47PM 0.02		5:20AM 1.09	6:28PM 0.19		6:25AM 1.09	6:52PM 0.39		7:13AM 0.66		7:37PM 0.59	8:53AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	8	7	2	5	2	4	1	1	2	20	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	16	14	10	13	12	9	13
Low °C	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	14	13	12	12	13	10	15	12	7	10	10	7	12
Chill °C (?)	18	16	14	15	14	14	16	15	14	12	13	12	12	12	12	16	12	8	11	9	8	13
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	9	10	12	14	13	11	9	9	12	11	11	10	23	21	8	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	1.1 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	13	14	14	16	8	16	16	15	11	12	16	15	13	13	13	13	18	15	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 SE	1.5 S	1.3 S	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	5	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	3	-	11	5	8	10	-	-

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Main Street CAL - Santa Barbara	Main Street CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Sand Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Hobson County Park CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.8 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	6	10	10	9	9	9	10	16	10	14	12	15	14
Energy(?)	364	223	242	68	67	67	78	49	38	17	243	610	887	968	891	1176	818	577	1304	1402	4068	1808
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:44AM 2.15				9:55PM 1.13				8:50AM 2.50					10:48PM 1.57			9:27AM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)		1:42AM 1.15				3:15PM -0.59				2:11AM 0.66					4:19PM -0.17			3:03AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	2	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4
Temp. °C	14	13	12	16	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	15	18	16	15	16	15	15	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	16	15	16	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	14	12	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	14	14	13	12	12	16	16	8	8	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	-	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	7	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	8	6	-	7	8	8	-	-	-	8	-	7

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Main Street CAL - Santa Barbara	Main Street CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Sand Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Hobson County Park CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Depressions CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	381	234	234	103	102	100	98	98	95	95	265	294	294	312	300	289	141	55	65	155	142	149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)										7:44AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)				1:17AM 0.68														3:15PM -0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	15	15	15	5	5	7	7	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	7	3	4	4	4

Santa Barbara Surf Breaks

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beach and reef

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beach and reef

beach and point

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beach and reef

beach/breakwater

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Santa Maria Rivermouth

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The Hut - Paradise Cove

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Santa Barbara is a south facing coastline and is best surfed in the winter and the fall. SW and W swells work best but large parts are blocked by 4 channel islands that sit just off the coast. Fantastic area to explore with plenty of facilities and parking at most of the popular breaks. The whole of the area can get very crowded and locals tend to like to keep thing to themselves so respect local etiquette. There are a mixture of sand and reef breaks. Early morning sessions are always scored best.

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