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ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 05 Feb 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
16.3° C
 (Which is 2.6°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 5PM is: 0.1m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 05). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Afternoon (05 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Evening (05 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.4
SE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.1
SW
0.8
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131616161316161213131313131414141412145661616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)310101072524111313441313202020201583583931111
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WSW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33AM
1.76
12:32AM
1.80
12:22PM
1.52
1:07AM
1.79
1:28PM
1.31
1:48AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
0.86
5:58PM
0.57
6:44AM
0.87
6:23PM
0.77
7:55AM
0.87
6:46PM
0.95
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise6:54-------6:54-------6:52-------
Sunset---5:32-------5:34-------5:35----
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202426231716161514181918151414141421252519161616
Feels °C (?)162122191314141313151818151313121220232016131313
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