Driftwoods Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.44° N 119.93° W)

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Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 14 Nov 2025 PST

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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 17.6° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 6AM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	14s
Afternoon (14 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	14s
Evening (14 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s

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

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	Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	2	4	3	3	4	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	SSW	WSW	SSW	WSW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	6	14	6	13	6	6	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	194	498	934	1443	1622	1408	1233	972	799	572	392	318	213	126	111	105	101	101	87	84	235	194	156	121
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SW	SE	ESE	ESE	S	NNW	S	S	SSE	SE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	S	ESE	ESE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:03AM 1.87				5:57PM 1.56				6:29AM 1.95				6:54PM 1.54				6:52AM 2.01					7:44PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	11:16PM 0.56				12:21PM 0.84				11:54PM 0.67					1:04PM 0.67			12:27AM 0.78					1:40PM 0.51

	Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-

Rain (mm)	7	24	14	5	2	2	3	6	7	12	22	25	10	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1
Temp. °C	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	14	14
Feels °C (?)	13	15	18	17	16	18	17	17	16	15	16	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	13	15	14	13	13

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