- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Driftwoods Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 01 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?
The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 8AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (01 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 15s |
| Evening (01 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Driftwoods. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Monday 01 | Tuesday 02 | Wednesday 03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 306 | 305 | 258 | 253 | 270 | 260 | 275 | 290 | 273 | 263 | 225 | 220 | 230 | 243 | 269 | 249 | 291 | 310 | 315 | 320 | 335 | 360 | 296 | 282 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross | glass | on | on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:18PM 1.79 | 9:00AM 1.41 | 6:19PM 1.88 | 9:06AM 1.46 | 7:08PM 2.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:44AM 0.61 | 1:29AM 0.49 | 12:07PM 1.33 | 2:05AM 0.37 | 1:03PM 1.25 | |||||||||||||||||||
Monday 01 | Tuesday 02 | Wednesday 03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - |
 | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 23 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 26 | 25 |
| Feels °C (?) | 24 | 23 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 23 | 23 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara
Continuing clean conditions at Driftwoods (calm at Santa Barbara Airport 7 km from Driftwoods). 0.5m 11s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.4m 11s groundswell from the SW and a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 h 8 min ago
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Driftwoods surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest