Driftwoods Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.44° N 119.93° W)

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Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 15 Jul 2025 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 16.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 1PM is: 0.3m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Afternoon (15 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	19s
Evening (15 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s

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

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	Tuesday 15						Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22
	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	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	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	SW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WNW	WNW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	S	S	S	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	6	6	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	12	12	12	17	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	188	187	178	178	272	226	224	194	191	311	247	234	226	240	237	218	217	259	278	229	152	174	154	162	148	189	150	173	195	175	127	135	100	98	146	174	208	159	108	100	93	99	93	91	82	65	46	46	89	91	58	63	81	41	76	62	36	80	86	101
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSW	S	SW	WSW	WSW	SE	ESE	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	ESE	E	SSE	SSW	SSW	SW	W	N	E	ENE	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	NW	NNW	N	N	SW	SW	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NE	ENE	S	SSW	SW	SW	W	NNE	E	E	SW	SW	SW	SW	W	NNE	E	ENE	SW	SW	SW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				2:21PM 1.72			1:29AM 1.65					3:01PM 1.81				2:45AM 1.43				3:46PM 1.92				4:31AM 1.28				4:37PM 2.02					6:29AM 1.25				5:33PM 2.12					8:01AM 1.32			6:30PM 2.22					9:04AM 1.40			7:25PM 2.31					9:51AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	7:31AM 0.41				7:59PM 1.04					8:06AM 0.57				9:24PM 0.94				8:45AM 0.74				10:53PM 0.77				9:32AM 0.91					12:13AM 0.56			10:31AM 1.05					1:19AM 0.35				11:43AM 1.13					2:14AM 0.16			12:53PM 1.16					3:04AM 0.03			1:55PM 1.14

	Tuesday 15						Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	21	21	21	16	15	14	14	16	21	22	21	17	16	16	15	19	23	24	24	21	19	18	17	20	25	26	26	23	19	17	17	21	25	26	29	24	20	20	18	20	25	26	25	23	20	17	17	19	24	25	25	21	19	17	17	19	24	25	25
Feels °C (?)	15	21	21	21	16	16	14	14	16	21	22	20	17	17	16	15	19	23	23	23	21	19	18	17	20	24	25	25	21	18	16	16	20	24	24	27	22	18	20	18	20	25	25	24	22	20	16	17	19	24	25	25	21	19	17	18	19	23	24	24

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Driftwoods (light winds from the NE at East Santa Barbara Buoy 23 km from Driftwoods). 0.5m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.5m 12s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.3m 10s swell from the SW as well as a 0.2m 15s groundswell from the SSW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
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23 km away, 57 min ago

11 km/h

16.3

16.8

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