Driftwoods surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 07 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
14.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 12PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111111010101010101010131313121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2101671641171101161148675383812811611492838382156206202206206206
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
W
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
5
E
5
E
5
E
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:09PM
1.43
11:49PM
1.86
1:18PM
1.28
12:22AM
1.80
4:07PM
1.20
1:09AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:06AM
0.65
5:19PM
0.96
7:04AM
0.69
5:30PM
1.10
8:20AM
0.73
4:49PM
1.20
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise6:20-------6:20-------6:18-------
Sunset---6:00-------6:00-------6:01----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C142121201717171516242626201918161418201915141313
Feels °C (?)111817161413121112212122161615131115181714131213
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