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Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 07 Dec 2025 PSTForecast 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
17.5° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?
The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 9AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am December 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (07 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (07 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
| Evening (07 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Driftwoods. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 265 | 317 | 307 | 303 | 238 | 220 | 213 | 195 | 192 | 203 | 199 | 196 | 179 | 135 | 71 | 48 | 40 | 121 | 51 | 54 | 73 | 58 | 58 | 55 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | off | off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | off | off | off | off | off | glass | cross- on | glass | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:01AM 1.53 | 10:23AM 2.35 | 1:01AM 1.54 | 11:17AM 2.17 | 2:02AM 1.58 | 12:15PM 1.95 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:06AM 1.17 | 6:00PM -0.02 | 5:09AM 1.22 | 6:53PM 0.12 | 6:27AM 1.25 | 7:46PM 0.29 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 07 | Monday 08 | Tuesday 09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 4:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:49 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 16 |
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