Fernald Point surf break

Fernald Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 PDT
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Fernald Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fernald Point 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 Fernald Point today?

The current surf forecast for Fernald Point at 6PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

Table - waves today at Fernald Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
1
W
1.3
W
0.4
SSW
1.2
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1616161616161615151515151010101010101051461414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1731711441421421401381331261231211212142142102021611251868378927874
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SW
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
5
N
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
1.70
7:54PM
1.60
6:16AM
1.75
8:04PM
1.70
7:09AM
1.80
8:19PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
0.52
12:48AM
1.23
1:19PM
0.48
1:30AM
1.05
1:48PM
0.48
2:09AM
0.84
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:31-------6:31-------6:30-------
Sunset---7:25-------7:27-------7:28----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---11112----------------
Temp. °C151718161515141414161716131212111316171915131312
Feels °C (?)1516171515141213121213121110108111213141110109
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