ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 07 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
16.0° C
(Which is 2.4°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 9AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.2
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.3
WNW
0.4
S
0.4
SW
1.3
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
S
0.4
S
1.4
WNW
2.1
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
Period(s) (?)141461414614186181313566161619201616161718
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13213292919110957881008054548431721812765148127104129127202276
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
SW
10
SW
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
30
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
1.85
1:09AM
1.77
2:15AM
1.69
8:15PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:39AM
0.59
9:58AM
0.62
11:15AM
0.60
10:02PM
1.44
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise--6:39-------6:37-------6:35-----
Sunset-----7:24-------7:25-------7:25--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151517242425181918171927292518151616182324221815
Feels °C (?)131316232222151615141624242015121313162020181614
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