ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 09 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
15.7° C
(Which is 2.1°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 1PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)201616161718181818151515151616161615151516161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127104129127202276276276276110146178191258206206171158152110162160156148
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
W
15
WSW
20
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
0
NNE
5
SE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
0
N
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
W
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15PM
1.45
3:50AM
1.66
7:54PM
1.50
5:14AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:15AM
0.60
10:02PM
1.44
12:10PM
0.55
11:57PM
1.36
12:50PM
0.50
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise6:35-------6:35-------6:33-------
Sunset---7:25-------7:27-------7:28----
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
---------11--------1124-
Temp. °C182325231816151516181918141313121417171614141311
Feels °C (?)172222191615141516171816141313111314151312111110
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