Campus Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 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 4PM is: 0.1m 23s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (07 Jan)5ft (1.5m)7s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.2
S
0.2
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)1111111322887781817171616161616161515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1982062492145244355397443412316309424390452788724612604493468417334264
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
NNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
5
E
0
S
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NE
5
NE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
1.88
1:46AM
1.72
12:46PM
1.62
2:31AM
1.76
1:58PM
1.39
3:16AM
1.80
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
Sat
10
Sunrise-7:05-------7:05-------7:05------
Sunset---5:04-------5:05-------5:06----
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131618171312111110131515108891014161613131312
Feels °C (?)11141412987647810544561114131010109
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