Fernald Point surf break

Fernald Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 15 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
16.1° C
(Which is 2.4°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 7AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1314141515151515151414149914171710101016161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)707482848455554354828181809949965716414110080949593
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
N
5
NE
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NE
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
NW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:47AM
1.84
9:02PM
2.11
9:37AM
1.80
9:31PM
2.24
10:29AM
1.74
10:03PM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
0.62
2:45PM
0.58
3:31AM
0.40
3:16PM
0.67
4:15AM
0.23
3:48PM
0.79
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise--6:26-------6:26-------6:24-----
Sunset-----7:30-------7:30-------7:30--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141417192019171616161720202017151413162021211818
Feels °C (?)12121617181716141414161818191612109131617171515
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