Campus Point Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.40° N 119.85° W)

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Campus Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 29 Aug 2025 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 20.2° C
(Which is 2.9°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 10PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (29 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s
Evening (29 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	16s

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

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	Friday 29				Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	87	119	127	162	123	123	125	90	86	258	230	169	321	373	317	331	268	292	324	311	314	330	296	285
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	NW	N	NNE	E	SW	SW	SW	WSW	W	NNW	E	E	E	S	SSW	WSW	WNW	WNW	N	NNE	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:53PM 1.76									2:45PM 1.73								4:01PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)				9:58PM 0.79									11:35PM 0.72								12:44AM 0.61

	Friday 29				Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	26	24	23	22	21	24	28	28	27	24	24	23	23	25	29	29	28	26	25	24	24	26	29
Feels °C (?)	27	25	24	23	22	21	24	27	28	26	24	25	23	23	25	29	29	28	26	25	24	24	26	29

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Campus Point (light winds from the ENE at BUOY-NTBC1 14 km from Campus Point). 1.1m 6s windswell from the WNW with a 0.4m 7s swell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 49 minutes ago Campus Point

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1 h 49 min ago

8 km/h

ENE

Clean

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