ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 31 Mar 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
16.3° C
(Which is 2.7°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 9PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)--
Afternoon (31 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (31 Mar)1ft (0.3m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSE
0.4
SW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.9
WNW
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)151514141414131313131313151355615151412121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3433333129292828284545454550669524021212123242425
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
0
WSW
5
N
5
NW
5
NNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
1.97
10:07AM
1.83
10:13PM
2.02
10:49AM
1.73
10:37PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:35PM
0.49
4:03AM
0.52
4:01PM
0.62
4:41AM
0.45
4:26PM
0.76
5:19AM
0.41
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise------6:47-------6:46-------6:43-
Sunset-7:19-------7:20-------7:21------
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191816151413141919201512111113192220141311111420
Feels °C (?)1917161614121317161512108810151514109771117
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