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ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 2.0°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: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (08 Jan)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
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 (?)
1.9
WNW
0.2
SSW
1.6
NW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)6156141313131313131312121212121212131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23621175161414143535343412262929293030313534171715
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
20
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
5
N
5
N
0
NNW
5
WSW
5
W
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
5
N
0
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassonglassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48PM
1.62
2:33AM
1.76
2:00PM
1.39
3:18AM
1.80
3:44PM
1.23
4:03AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:31PM
0.59
8:53AM
1.03
8:08PM
0.78
10:27AM
0.91
8:47PM
0.95
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-------7:07-------7:07-------7:05
Sunset-5:06-------5:07-------5:07------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1514987881316161211111111161917141313131318
Feels °C (?)7854354111313988871316151210109916
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