Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 05 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
16.0° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 9PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.6
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
0.4
SW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)1616151515151515146141414141414667187765
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)183127121161112110110109107148104101132132929214639342780177143117103
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
1.38
11:53PM
1.93
2:33PM
1.29
12:25AM
1.85
1:07AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
1.13
7:32AM
0.53
5:36PM
1.22
8:36AM
0.59
9:57AM
0.62
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise------6:39-------6:39-------6:37-
Sunset-7:22-------7:23-------7:24------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262521201917172325241716161618242726171717171827
Feels °C (?)232318171614152021191312131316222421131313131523
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