Fernald Point Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.42° N 119.62° W)

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Fernald Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 31 Aug 2025 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 20.7° C
(Which is 3.3°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 5AM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	17s
Afternoon (31 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	17s
Evening (31 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s

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

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	Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	236	236	202	225	217	207	246	244	242	240	237	161	150	146	153	185	182	186	193	157	200	148	157	168
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	NNE	SSW	SW	WSW	WNW	NW	NNW	N	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WNW	NW	N	N	WNW	SW	SW	SW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						3:57PM 1.75									5:16PM 1.81					8:58AM 1.43			6:18PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	11:32PM 0.74								12:42AM 0.62								1:28AM 0.50				12:07PM 1.35

	Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	27	30	31	30	27	26	26	25	27	31	31	30	27	26	26	26	28	30	31	30	28	28
Feels °C (?)	24	24	28	30	31	30	27	26	26	25	27	31	31	30	27	26	26	26	28	29	30	29	28	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Fernald Point (calm at Santa Barbara Airport 21 km from Fernald Point). 0.4m 12s groundswell from the SW with a 0.3m 9s swell from the SSW and a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 8 minutes ago Fernald Point

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