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ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 PST
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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
15.9° C
 (Which is 1.9°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 10AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (07 Jan)5ft (1.6m)5s
Evening (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
1.9
WNW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)141414131356131313151561515141313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7151414141231681471721212362121161414313535313027
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
E
5
SW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
1.67
11:53AM
1.87
1:48AM
1.72
12:48PM
1.62
2:33AM
1.76
2:00PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
1.09
6:54PM
0.39
7:24AM
1.08
7:31PM
0.59
8:53AM
1.03
8:08PM
0.78
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---7:07-------7:07-------7:07----
Sunset-----5:05-------5:06-------5:07--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C13131216181712111098121614977891416151212
Feels °C (?)1111101414129875269105334512131299
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