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ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 16 Dec 2025 PSTForecast 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
17.1° C
(Which is 2.6°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 9PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm December 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (PST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Dec) | - | - |
| Evening (16 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at ED's. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 54 | 21 | 77 | 111 | 21 | 128 | 18 | 76 | 17 | 17 | 101 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:43PM 1.41 | 7:10AM 2.11 | 9:24PM 1.43 | 7:43AM 2.15 | 10:03PM 1.44 | 8:16AM 2.17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:06PM 0.34 | 12:48AM 1.14 | 2:40PM 0.26 | 1:24AM 1.17 | 3:15PM 0.20 | 1:58AM 1.19 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 |
| Sunset | - | 4:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 22 |
| Feels °C (?) | 22 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 20 |
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