ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 03 Mar 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
15.4° C
(Which is 1.8°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 3PM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 03). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (03 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Evening (03 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
1.1
WNW
0.7
NW
0.2
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)1212161616181818181818171616161416161616661515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)262625252524242525252524212120204620201977312017
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
10
W
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:13AM
2.11
10:03PM
1.87
9:55AM
1.97
10:29PM
1.91
10:37AM
1.80
10:55PM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
0.31
3:53AM
0.66
4:14PM
0.46
4:36AM
0.62
4:39PM
0.63
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise6:26-------6:24-------6:24-------
Sunset---5:57-------5:58-------5:59----
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131821191615161515202424151412101017212114121111
Feels °C (?)111719171513141313192220121186614161510877
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