Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 25 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
17.2° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 1AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm November 25). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (26 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (26 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.4
WNW
0.2
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)1313131313131212121212121511131313111117881615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20419815119296951385756111055212535353544475721239789
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSE
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
S
5
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
offglassoffoffglassglasscrossglassglassoffglassoffglasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
1.45
12:13PM
1.74
4:14AM
1.53
1:28PM
1.61
4:35AM
1.65
3:02PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:37PM
0.45
6:21AM
1.42
8:24PM
0.50
8:32AM
1.37
9:09PM
0.55
10:11AM
1.21
Tue
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise----6:43-------6:43-------6:45---
Sunset-------4:50-------4:50-------4:50
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191818191824252321202020202323222019181717202220
Feels °C (?)171514151422222119181817172121201817151414182019
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