ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
16.2° 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 12AM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (03 Apr)1ft (0.3m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
2
W
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)5615141212121313191919191919181818181717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1022842121232424261728667474123118165160158107153140135134132
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
30
WNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSW
10
SW
15
W
5
N
10
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
offglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
2.04
11:33AM
1.61
11:01PM
2.03
12:21PM
1.50
11:27PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26PM
0.76
5:19AM
0.41
4:50PM
0.90
5:59AM
0.41
5:11PM
1.02
6:43AM
0.46
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------6:43-------6:43-------6:41-
Sunset-7:21-------7:22-------7:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222115131211142023211818181819252726211918171824
Feels °C (?)1715111097111719181515141315212321191615151621
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