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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 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?
The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 12AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 15s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Driftwoods. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wed 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 5 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 112 | 118 | 119 | 119 | 82 | 76 | 71 | 119 | 121 | 83 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 78 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 58 | 54 | 55 | 53 | 75 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:21PM 2.05 | 9:00AM 1.70 | 8:10PM 2.06 | 9:24AM 1.77 | 8:53PM 2.03 | 9:47AM 1.83 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:26AM 0.22 | 2:12PM 0.95 | 2:59AM 0.26 | 2:54PM 0.82 | 3:29AM 0.33 | 3:32PM 0.71 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wed 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:46 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:59 |
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Rain (mm) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 27 |
| Feels °C (?) | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara
Continuing clean conditions at Driftwoods (calm at Santa Ynez Airport 22 km from Driftwoods). 0.6m 7s swell from the W with a 0.6m 4s local chop, also from the W and a 0.4m 11s groundswell, also from the WSW as well as a 0.3m 15s groundswell, also from the SSE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
22 km away, 1 h 38 min ago
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