Campus Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
16.2° C
(Which is 2.6°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 9AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.4
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1
WNW
1
W
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1414141414146678761316161616192099161718
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)132132929191912001231151511217054669112765148127189165127202276
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
W
10
N
5
NNW
5
N
10
N
5
N
5
WNW
10
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
W
25
WSW
25
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:25AM
1.85
1:07AM
1.77
2:13AM
1.69
8:16PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:36AM
0.59
9:57AM
0.62
11:14AM
0.60
10:00PM
1.44
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:35-----
Sunset-----7:23-------7:24-------7:25--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171618222223191818171925272620181817192222211816
Feels °C (?)151517212122171616141722242116151514171918161514
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