Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 11 Apr 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
15.6° 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 5PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.3
W
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.5
W
1.6
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)161615151616151515151511111110101010105514147
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)169160152110162160156148174169167381452452377363300240279115138103101111
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
15
SW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
15
W
25
W
30
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:13AM
1.67
7:57PM
1.58
6:17AM
1.72
8:07PM
1.67
7:11AM
1.77
8:21PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
0.50
12:50AM
1.22
1:21PM
0.47
1:32AM
1.04
1:50PM
0.47
2:11AM
0.83
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:33-------6:31-------6:31-------
Sunset---7:28-------7:29-------7:29----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---11121----------------
Temp. °C151717161414141313161716131111101217191913111111
Feels °C (?)1515151513131211111313121099791313139788
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