Campus Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 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
15.9° C
(Which is 1.8°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 7AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (07 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.2
S
0.2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.8
WNW
0.9
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)1111111111132278778181717161616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3032421982062062145271310362397356316309373390458447620612604493468344
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
NW
15
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
E
5
S
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:01AM
1.67
11:51AM
1.88
1:46AM
1.72
12:46PM
1.62
2:31AM
1.76
1:58PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
1.08
6:52PM
0.39
7:22AM
1.08
7:29PM
0.59
8:51AM
1.03
8:06PM
0.78
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---7:05-------7:05-------7:05----
Sunset-----5:04-------5:05-------5:06--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131313161817131212111013151510889101416161313
Feels °C (?)111111141412988647811544561113121010
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