Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 26 Mar 2026 PDT
Forecast 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
16.3° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 3AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (27 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)101011111010101111141414131313131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24024025421014713911012393797765635859595858335330295050
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SW
5
NW
0
NNW
5
N
5
NW
5
NNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:34PM
1.52
5:43AM
1.94
8:05PM
1.63
6:52AM
1.97
8:33PM
1.73
7:48AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:48PM
1.27
1:12PM
0.27
1:01AM
1.11
1:56PM
0.26
1:55AM
0.94
2:33PM
0.30
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise----6:54-------6:52-------6:50---
Sunset-------7:15-------7:16-------7:17
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191819181923252419181818192426252019191919252524
Feels °C (?)181717171822242318181717172223221816161718232322
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