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/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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ED's surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at ED's today?
The current surf forecast for ED's at 4PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 15s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at ED's. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 82 | 82 | 71 | 119 | 121 | 83 | 84 | 46 | 58 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 58 | 54 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 57 | 51 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | cross | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:01AM 1.69 | 8:11PM 2.06 | 9:26AM 1.76 | 8:54PM 2.03 | 9:49AM 1.83 | 9:34PM 1.97 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:14PM 0.95 | 3:01AM 0.26 | 2:55PM 0.83 | 3:30AM 0.34 | 3:34PM 0.72 | 3:57AM 0.45 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 18 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara
Continuing clean conditions at ED's (calm at Santa Ynez Airport 18 km from ED's). 0.5m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.4m 11s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
18 km away, 1 h 22 min ago
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