Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 31 Mar 2026 PDT
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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
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 2AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Tue
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSE
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1.4
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)14141414131313131313151313566679910111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3331292928282845454545452795240360355263243169218206210173
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
0
SSW
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
W
25
WSW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
30
W
25
WNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:48PM
1.98
10:05AM
1.84
10:11PM
2.02
10:47AM
1.73
10:35PM
2.04
11:31AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:01AM
0.52
4:00PM
0.61
4:39AM
0.44
4:25PM
0.75
5:17AM
0.41
4:48PM
0.89
Tue
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise----6:47-------6:45-------6:43---
Sunset-------7:20-------7:21-------7:22
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161514131419202015121212142022211614121114202220
Feels °C (?)1616141212161615129991116161512108711171817
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