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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 Friday 03 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
16.2° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?
The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 6AM is: 0.4m 19s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (04 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 18s |
| Evening (04 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 18s |
Table - waves today at Driftwoods. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 5 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 173 | 173 | 135 | 123 | 118 | 165 | 160 | 158 | 107 | 153 | 140 | 135 | 134 | 132 | 131 | 127 | 121 | 161 | 112 | 110 | 110 | 109 | 107 | 126 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | off | off | off | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | off | on | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:59PM 2.03 | 12:18PM 1.50 | 11:25PM 1.99 | 1:13PM 1.38 | 11:53PM 1.93 | 2:33PM 1.29 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:57AM 0.41 | 5:09PM 1.02 | 6:41AM 0.46 | 5:27PM 1.13 | 7:32AM 0.53 | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 03 | Saturday 04 | Sunday 05 | Monday 06 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:23 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 24 |
| Feels °C (?) | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 20 |
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