ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 PDT
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
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 3PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am 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-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
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
Wed
08
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
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
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.6
S
1.3
WNW
0.5
S
1.5
WNW
0.5
S
0.4
SW
1.6
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)16161616151515151515145666146146141861818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1341321831271211611121101101091071431631381291321129214191791738080
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
20
W
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
WSW
15
W
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
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
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)
6:43AM
0.46
5:30PM
1.14
7:34AM
0.53
5:39PM
1.23
8:39AM
0.59
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
Sunrise6:41-------6:39-------6:39-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:23-------7:24----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212627252120181616242623161415151825282617171717
Feels °C (?)172224221817151313212218121012121623252012131313
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