Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 24 Mar 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
16.4° 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 12PM is: 0.4m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Afternoon (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)1818181818181818171616161616168999910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84818011115415215215014513293127125125124149237271307321301307301245
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
NE
0
SE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
NW
0
E
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
WSW
15
WSW
5
S
5
ENE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:30AM
2.05
5:12PM
1.31
2:43AM
1.97
6:52PM
1.41
4:16AM
1.92
7:34PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
0.40
7:34PM
1.27
11:03AM
0.38
9:50PM
1.34
12:16PM
0.32
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--6:58-------6:56-------6:54-----
Sunset-----7:14-------7:15-------7:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161617232423181918181925232420181818182326232019
Feels °C (?)151517232322181918171824222318161616172123221918
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