Campus Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Campus Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Campus Point sea temperature is
15.7° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Campus Point today?

The current surf forecast for Campus Point at 2AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.8
W
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
0.3
SSW
0.4
S
2.2
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)131271312121212121277810181866161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5452691181722172631671672039614716333261973692238112712512512577
Wind
(km/h)
0
WNW
5
NE
10
E
15
E
20
SE
15
SSE
10
WSW
15
SW
10
W
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
W
25
W
30
W
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:15AM
2.22
3:20PM
1.40
1:15AM
2.09
4:57PM
1.45
2:31AM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:44PM
1.16
8:04AM
0.18
6:41PM
1.27
9:18AM
0.25
8:17PM
1.35
10:32AM
0.30
Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise----6:20-------6:18-------6:18---
Sunset-------7:35-------7:36-------7:37
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----141-----------------
Temp. °C151414141415171714131211131820211513131315192020
Feels °C (?)15131210111415151311108914151510991013161716
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