Cojo surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 28 Aug 2025 PDT
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Cojo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cojo sea temperature is
18.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cojo today?

The current surf forecast for Cojo at 3AM is: 0.4m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 28). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Afternoon (29 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Evening (29 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s

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

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Thu
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
2
2
0
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
3
3
1
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)141818181818181716161616161619191818181817171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)259251290294290283228293354265275334304309723709620607787820808776727650
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
5
NNE
5
ESE
5
E
5
SSW
5
W
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossglassglasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:42AM
1.25
2:03PM
1.76
2:54PM
1.74
4:06PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
0.79
6:59AM
1.08
10:05PM
0.78
6:16AM
1.19
11:37PM
0.71
Thu
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Sunrise----6:31-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset-------7:31-------7:30-------7:29
clear
clear
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. °C181515141722212217161617202422242220202022242324
Feels °C (?)161212101520181914131416192320221917191922242323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Cojo (fresh winds from the NW at SHIP439 18 km from Cojo). 0.8m 4s local chop from the NW with a 0.6m 10s swell from the S and a 0.2m 15s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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36 km/h
NW
0.0
18.0
Air / Water (°C)
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