Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 06 Mar 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
14.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 7AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 06). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (06 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (06 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111111110101010101010101313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4964964523873943433432732852342101671641501108011486777775386867
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
SSW
10
SW
15
W
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
WSW
10
SW
15
W
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassoncrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:53PM
1.92
11:19AM
1.62
11:20PM
1.90
12:09PM
1.43
11:49PM
1.86
1:18PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
0.62
5:00PM
0.80
6:06AM
0.65
5:19PM
0.96
7:04AM
0.69
5:30PM
1.10
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise--6:22-------6:20-------6:20-----
Sunset-----5:59-------6:00-------6:00--
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)
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Temp. °C121212192020171515151521232217161616172425251918
Feels °C (?)889161615141212121217181713121212132121201615
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