Campus Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 18 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
15.7° 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 5AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)181616161515141413131313121216161514141312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1621982603372923554233772992952322321461467976157333361335309290280271
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
0
ESE
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
WSW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SE
5
SW
5
W
5
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
1.47
8:39AM
2.23
10:41PM
1.49
9:14AM
2.22
11:09PM
1.53
9:48AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
1.13
4:04PM
0.13
3:00AM
1.10
4:33PM
0.15
3:40AM
1.08
5:02PM
0.21
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---7:03-------7:03-------7:03----
Sunset-----5:14-------5:15-------5:15--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019222422191818171720222119181818182223221918
Feels °C (?)181817212120171616141418201917161616151921191716
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