Campus Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 20 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
15.5° 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 9AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (20 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)10111111111111101010101097913131212677711
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90176964350336335634322713310294362217401616151515152526154
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NNW
15
N
5
NNW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NE
10
ENE
5
E
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SW
0
WNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcrossglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:07PM
1.87
11:04AM
1.75
11:39PM
1.93
11:59AM
1.54
12:16AM
1.96
1:13PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:10AM
0.71
5:12PM
0.61
6:07AM
0.68
5:39PM
0.78
7:17AM
0.65
6:09PM
0.95
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise--6:39-------6:37-------6:37-----
Sunset-----5:46-------5:47-------5:49--
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C877111413109991013151412121111111719181616
Feels °C (?)32381110666679111111109881516151414
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