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Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 PST
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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
15.9° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 4AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (21 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (21 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)121616151514141413131313131212121212121514141418
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)220269288326305371437507444361361298277208186186145142106125120118118115
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
0
WNW
5
ENE
5
NE
0
W
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
W
5
W
10
NNW
5
E
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
SSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassoncrossglassglassglasscross-
off		glassonglassglasscross-
off		glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:37PM
1.57
10:24AM
2.04
12:06AM
1.63
11:04AM
1.87
12:38AM
1.71
11:51AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:02PM
0.21
4:24AM
1.06
5:30PM
0.31
5:15AM
1.04
5:57PM
0.44
6:16AM
1.01
Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-----7:03-------7:03-------7:03--
Sunset-------5:17-------5:19-------5:20
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C191817171618181815161615141818171514151414171817
Feels °C (?)181816161517181714151514121717161513141313161716
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