Campus Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 21 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
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 4PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

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

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
WNW
1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
0.3
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)1212121212121471110181817161616161616166677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1723622632582581257093332332619793828112712512512577281185167140
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
10
E
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
W
30
W
35
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:20PM
1.40
1:15AM
2.09
4:57PM
1.45
2:31AM
1.95
6:03PM
1.55
4:02AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
0.18
6:41PM
1.27
9:18AM
0.25
8:17PM
1.35
10:32AM
0.30
10:21PM
1.31
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise6:20-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset---7:35-------7:36-------7:37----
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
14----------------------
Temp. °C141417171413121113182120151313131419202118151414
Feels °C (?)913151512111081014141310810101216171915121112
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