Campus Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 23 Dec 2025 PST
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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
17.0° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 2km away, Campus Point Surf Cam


How big are the waves at Campus Point today?

The current surf forecast for Campus Point at 4AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm December 23). An open ocean swell of 2.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (24 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (24 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SE
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
2
S
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SSW
1.2
SW
1.7
SSW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
Period(s) (?)613131389999888889101010101313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)298434242442198353300231184238328187381609104810601124123425372571216619121302
Wind
(km/h)
40
ESE
45
ESE
35
SE
35
SSE
15
SSW
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
crossonononononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:18AM
1.47
11:11AM
1.90
1:56AM
1.54
11:57AM
1.74
2:33AM
1.63
1:00PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
0.30
5:14AM
1.27
6:45PM
0.39
6:25AM
1.27
7:20PM
0.49
7:57AM
1.20
Tue
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Sunrise-----7:03-------7:03-------7:03--
Sunset-------4:53-------4:54-------4:54
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
131417219422332238455523211
Temp. °C161516171514151515151515151515151616151514151414
Feels °C (?)10811121412131311111112121112121313131513131212
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