Campus Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 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 2.2°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 6PM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)--
Afternoon (17 Feb)6ft (1.9m)9s
Evening (17 Feb)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
3
4
4
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.9
WSW
2.3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.9
W
2.5
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)1298810101112121212121212126810111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5986266361493280825822276214717601699116094285574664926680817512070181214911242942645
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
WSW
40
WNW
35
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
S
10
W
35
W
35
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15PM
1.71
9:38AM
2.08
10:39PM
1.79
10:19AM
1.94
11:07PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:54PM
0.23
3:35AM
0.84
4:20PM
0.32
4:20AM
0.76
4:45PM
0.45
5:10AM
0.71
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise------6:41-------6:39-------6:39-
Sunset-5:44-------5:45-------5:45------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
122351--------2101-------
Temp. °C1312121210981012129891091013119888610
Feels °C (?)876521145533686854222218
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