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Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 14 Feb 2026 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
15.9° C
 (Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 3AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (15 Feb)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (15 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Sat
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
3
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
W
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
2.5
SSE
2
SSW
2
SW
2.5
SW
4
W
3.5
W
2.5
W
1.6
W
1.3
WNW
1.1
W
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1414141414141414161615151467781111998912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)515472472389378290286297469463422334330460428418708373528751098412240199429
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
SE
40
SE
20
SSW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
WSW
25
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
W
15
WSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:10PM
1.51
7:48AM
2.17
9:30PM
1.57
8:24AM
2.19
9:52PM
1.63
9:00AM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:38AM
1.09
3:01PM
0.18
2:16AM
1.00
3:28PM
0.18
2:54AM
0.92
3:54PM
0.23
Sat
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise----6:45-------6:43-------6:43---
Sunset-------5:42-------5:43-------5:44
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light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
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light rain
Rain (mm)
----1-----1248153322----1
Temp. °C141413131314151513131312131312121212121211131312
Feels °C (?)141211111110121210986769765798998
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