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Driftwoods Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 26 Mar 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Driftwoods surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Driftwoods sea temperature is
16.2° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?
The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 1PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Mar) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (26 Mar) | 4ft (1.2m) | 10s |
| Evening (26 Mar) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Driftwoods. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 166 | 173 | 206 | 266 | 283 | 240 | 240 | 205 | 263 | 210 | 158 | 139 | 110 | 126 | 93 | 79 | 77 | 90 | 86 | 45 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 58 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | cross | on | cross- on | on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:16AM 1.92 | 7:34PM 1.52 | 5:43AM 1.94 | 8:05PM 1.63 | 6:52AM 1.97 | 8:33PM 1.73 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:16PM 0.32 | 11:48PM 1.27 | 1:12PM 0.27 | 1:01AM 1.11 | 1:56PM 0.26 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 16 |
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