ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 05 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
15.9° C
(Which is 2.3°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: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.6
S
1.3
WNW
0.5
S
1.5
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.6
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)1616151515151515146666146146141461818185
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)183127121161112110110109107148178154134132116921469189167808055103
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
WSW
15
W
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
1.38
11:55PM
1.93
2:36PM
1.30
12:27AM
1.85
1:09AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:30PM
1.14
7:34AM
0.53
5:39PM
1.23
8:39AM
0.59
9:58AM
0.62
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise------6:39-------6:39-------6:37-
Sunset-7:22-------7:23-------7:24------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272520201816162426241614151517252826161617161827
Feels °C (?)242217171513132121191210121215232420111213121522
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