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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 4 am Sunday 05 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
16.0° 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 10AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (05 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 16s |
| Evening (05 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Driftwoods. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 140 | 135 | 134 | 132 | 183 | 127 | 121 | 161 | 112 | 110 | 110 | 109 | 107 | 148 | 104 | 101 | 97 | 132 | 100 | 92 | 102 | 350 | 378 | 80 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | off | on | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 11:25PM 1.99 | 1:13PM 1.38 | 11:53PM 1.93 | 2:33PM 1.29 | 12:25AM 1.85 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:41AM 0.46 | 5:27PM 1.13 | 7:32AM 0.53 | 5:36PM 1.22 | 8:36AM 0.59 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 05 | Monday 06 | Tuesday 07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:24 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 19 | 21 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 13 |
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