Campus Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 20 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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.9°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 5PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.8
W
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
0.3
SSW
0.4
S
2.2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)1313131313127131212121212127888181866616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)686756555452691181721722631671291111301371731906197369223144127
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
WNW
5
NE
10
E
15
E
20
ESE
10
SE
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46PM
1.43
12:15AM
2.22
3:20PM
1.40
1:15AM
2.09
4:57PM
1.45
2:31AM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:58AM
0.11
5:44PM
1.16
8:04AM
0.18
6:41PM
1.27
9:18AM
0.25
8:17PM
1.35
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise6:22-------6:20-------6:18-------
Sunset---7:34-------7:35-------7:36----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------2521------------
Temp. °C151819181514141414151716141312111318202115131312
Feels °C (?)141717161412111011141313121198914141510999
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