Campus Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 11 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
15.9° C
(Which is 2.3°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: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
2
1
0
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.3
W
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
W
1.2
W
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)16161515161615151515151111111010101010141414147
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)169160152110162160156148174169167381452452377363300240279110113103101111
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
15
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
15
W
25
W
30
W
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoncrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:13AM
1.67
7:57PM
1.58
6:17AM
1.72
8:07PM
1.67
7:11AM
1.77
8:21PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
0.50
12:50AM
1.22
1:21PM
0.47
1:32AM
1.04
1:50PM
0.47
2:11AM
0.83
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:33-------6:31-------6:31-------
Sunset---7:27-------7:28-------7:29----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---11121----------------
Temp. °C151717161515151313161616141211111316181814121212
Feels °C (?)151616151514131111121211111088101212129899
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