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Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
16.0° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 9km away, Campus Point Surf Cam

How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 4PM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.2
SSW
1.8
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)8815699161616161615151515141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4083542124132623245244777861260449346841733426426423317516199676767
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
20
NW
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
ENE
0
N
5
WSW
10
W
5
N
10
NE
5
NE
5
N
5
NNE
0
N
5
WSW
5
W
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		glasscross-
on		crossglassoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
on		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46PM
1.62
2:31AM
1.76
1:58PM
1.39
3:16AM
1.80
3:42PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:22AM
1.08
7:29PM
0.59
8:51AM
1.03
8:06PM
0.78
10:25AM
0.91
8:45PM
0.95
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-7:05-------7:05-------7:05------
Sunset---5:05-------5:06-------5:07----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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. °C10131614108789131615121212111116191714131314
Feels °C (?)57996434511131210998714161412101010
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