Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 10 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
15.8° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 8PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)--
Afternoon (10 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)151515161616161615151616151515151510101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146178191258206226169160152110162160156148174169167374424426363356294288
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
E
10
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
S
10
SW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:53PM
1.50
5:13AM
1.67
7:57PM
1.58
6:17AM
1.72
8:07PM
1.67
7:11AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:09PM
0.55
11:56PM
1.36
12:49PM
0.50
12:50AM
1.22
1:21PM
0.47
1:32AM
1.04
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise------6:33-------6:31-------6:31-
Sunset-7:27-------7:28-------7:29------
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
21--------1121----------
Temp. °C171715141312141718161414141313161615131110101217
Feels °C (?)17171514121114151614131312121213121110877913
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