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ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
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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
15.3° C
(Which is 1.7°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 8PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 25). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Apr) | - | - |
| Afternoon (25 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 13s |
| Evening (25 Apr) | 1ft (0.3m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at ED's. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tue 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | W 4 | W 4 | S 12 | SW 15 | S 12 | WNW 4 | SSE 13 | W 4 | W 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | SW 13 | S 11 | S 12 | S 12 | |
55 | 54 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 40 | 33 | 25 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 64 | 64 | 35 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | on | |
High Tide | 7:21PM1.78m | 6:40AM1.74m | 7:50PM1.88m | 7:40AM1.71m | 8:16PM1.96m | 8:33AM1.68m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:30PM0.39m | 1:04AM0.98m | 1:13PM0.46m | 1:55AM0.79m | 1:49PM0.56m | 2:38AM0.62m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | |
— | 7:38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:40 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:40 | |
— | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 18 |
13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 16 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | W 15 | W 15 | W 15 | WNW 16 | WNW 13 | WNW 14 | WNW 15 | NW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | WNW 14 | NW 14 | NW 13 | WNW 13 | NW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 5 | W 6 | WNW 6 |
72 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 109 | 109 | 113 | 83 | 35 | 63 | 45 | 52 | 82 | 118 | 118 | 116 | 49 | 44 | 67 | 44 | 67 | 18 | 15 | 10 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | WNW 13 | WNW 16 | WNW 16 | S 12 | W 14 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | W 14 | SW 16 | WSW 14 | S 11 | S 11 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 |
55 | 54 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 33 | 50 | 50 | 25 | 32 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 65 | 51 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 18 | W 18 | SW 13 | SW 18 | SW 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | W 13 | S 12 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SSE 13 | SW 16 | S 11 | S 11 | SW 13 | SW 13 | S 11 | S 12 | S 12 |
12 | 12 | 30 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 31 | 25 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 5 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | W 4 | W 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | NW 4 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 |
19 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 64 | 64 | 35 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 13 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 48 | 252 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 331 | 1545 | 1585 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 323 | 323 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 132 |
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