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ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.0° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 3PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 18s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (08 Jan)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
2
WNW
0.2
SSW
1.6
NW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)1515615614131313131313131212121212121213131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21212762117516141414353534341226292929303031353417
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
20
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
ENE
0
N
5
W
10
W
5
N
10
NE
5
NE
5
N
5
N
0
N
5
WSW
5
W
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48PM
1.62
2:33AM
1.76
2:00PM
1.39
3:18AM
1.80
3:44PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:24AM
1.08
7:31PM
0.59
8:53AM
1.03
8:08PM
0.78
10:27AM
0.91
8:47PM
0.95
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-7:07-------7:07-------7:07------
Sunset---5:06-------5:07-------5:07----
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. °C1013161497789131615121111111116191714131313
Feels °C (?)5799534451113121088871416151210109
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