ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 06 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
16.1° C
(Which is 2.5°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 11AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.6
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.6
S
1.3
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SW
1.5
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1.2
WNW
1.8
WNW
0.4
SW
1.8
WNW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)151515151466661461414141861818185616616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)112110110109107148204160134132120929191791448080548019366218127
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
W
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
30
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:55PM
1.93
2:36PM
1.30
12:27AM
1.85
1:09AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:34AM
0.53
5:39PM
1.23
8:39AM
0.59
9:58AM
0.62
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise--6:39-------6:39-------6:37-----
Sunset-----7:23-------7:24-------7:25--
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191717242624151515151825272516171717182729241815
Feels °C (?)161415212220111112121623242011131313152222191512
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