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Driftwoods Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 PDTForecast 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 5AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 Apr) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (03 Apr) | 3ft (0.9m) | 11s |
| Evening (03 Apr) | 3ft (0.9m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Driftwoods. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 281 | 203 | 181 | 248 | 214 | 202 | 210 | 173 | 173 | 138 | 138 | 123 | 118 | 165 | 160 | 158 | 107 | 153 | 140 | 135 | 134 | 132 | 131 | 127 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | off | off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | off | off | off | off | on | glass | cross | cross- off | off | off | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:35PM 2.04 | 11:31AM 1.62 | 10:59PM 2.03 | 12:18PM 1.50 | 11:25PM 1.99 | 1:13PM 1.38 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:17AM 0.41 | 4:48PM 0.89 | 5:57AM 0.41 | 5:09PM 1.02 | 6:41AM 0.46 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 02 | Friday 03 | Saturday 04 | Sunday 05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
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