Campus Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 17 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 3PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)121212121218181616161515141413131313121216161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1951411391019910816219826033729235542330829929523223214614680122157405
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
0
E
5
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
SW
5
WSW
10
W
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
SE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
off
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
2.20
10:13PM
1.47
8:39AM
2.23
10:41PM
1.49
9:14AM
2.22
11:09PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:33PM
0.14
2:23AM
1.13
4:04PM
0.13
3:00AM
1.10
4:33PM
0.15
3:40AM
1.08
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-7:05-------7:03-------7:03------
Sunset---5:14-------5:14-------5:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192325242021202019222421191817171720222119181918
Feels °C (?)162123211819171817202218171515141417201917151715
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