ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
ED's surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's ED's sea temperature is
15.8° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at ED's today?

The current surf forecast for ED's at 4PM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)5s
Evening (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

Table - waves today at ED's. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)13656616161620161616171818181815151515161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54678228921812765102127104129127202276276276276150146178191203261226
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
W
20
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SW
5
WSW
0
NE
0
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
1.69
8:15PM
1.45
3:50AM
1.66
7:54PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
0.62
11:15AM
0.60
10:02PM
1.44
12:10PM
0.55
11:57PM
1.36
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise6:37-------6:35-------6:35-------
Sunset---7:25-------7:25-------7:27----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------111----
Temp. °C192729251816161718232422171615151618181814131212
Feels °C (?)172425201614141516212018151514151517171714131211
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our ED's surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest