Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 02 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
16.3° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 3PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (02 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
1.1
WNW
1.5
W
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)15556678910111111111111111118181818171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4356121300292234211169205202210173173173138135118165160158107153140135
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
NNW
10
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
1.73
10:35PM
2.04
11:31AM
1.62
10:59PM
2.03
12:18PM
1.50
11:25PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:25PM
0.75
5:17AM
0.41
4:48PM
0.89
5:57AM
0.41
5:09PM
1.02
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise6:45-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---7:21-------7:22-------7:22----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141922221614131114202221191919181925262521191817
Feels °C (?)1115171612109711181819171615141521232119161515
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