Driftwoods Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.44° N 119.93° W)

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Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 30 Oct 2025 PDT

Forecast 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 17.9° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 5AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 22s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Evening (31 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	20s

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

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	Thu 30		Friday 31								Saturday 01								Sunday 02
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WNW	WNW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	20	20	20	10	10	18	18	18	18	20	13	18	17	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	193	232	359	337	324	270	227	304	301	301	128	125	211	280	154	154	253	156	541	1020	1029	1029	1003	859
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NE	SSW	SW	SW	NNW	ENE	NE	NNE	ENE	SW	SSW	SW	NW	N	NE	E	NE	SSW	SSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					7:07AM 1.68				6:03PM 1.67				7:23AM 1.82				7:06PM 1.69				7:45AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			12:07AM 0.51				12:38PM 1.10				12:42AM 0.52				1:24PM 0.85				1:16AM 0.56					2:08PM 0.58

	Thu 30		Friday 31								Saturday 01								Sunday 02
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	20	19	19	24	25	23	20	20	20	20	20	24	25	23	21	21	20	20	20	23	25	25
Feels °C (?)	21	19	19	18	19	23	24	23	20	19	19	19	19	23	24	22	20	20	19	19	19	22	24	24

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