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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 am Tuesday 14 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
15.9° 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 2PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Apr) | 3ft (0.9m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (14 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 16s |
| Evening (14 Apr) | 5ft (1.6m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Driftwoods. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 151 | 66 | 66 | 91 | 59 | 186 | 147 | 117 | 121 | 121 | 85 | 85 | 91 | 120 | 120 | 122 | 134 | 213 | 275 | 358 | 71 | 218 | 388 | 285 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | off | off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:01AM 1.80 | 8:41PM 1.93 | 8:50AM 1.80 | 9:05PM 2.08 | 9:40AM 1.77 | 9:33PM 2.21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:18PM 0.51 | 2:52AM 0.61 | 2:48PM 0.58 | 3:34AM 0.40 | 3:18PM 0.67 | 4:19AM 0.23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Fri 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:31 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| Feels °C (?) | 12 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
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