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Fernald Point surf break

Fernald Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 10 Mar 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
14.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fernald Point today?

The current surf forecast for Fernald Point at 3PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 22s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (10 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (10 Mar)1ft (0.3m)21s

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

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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)111111222111112120202019191919181818181817171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)416463919090110148132196194192190186178165160158156174172170157131
Wind
(km/h)
0
N
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrossoffoffoffoffoffglasscrosscrossoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:20AM
1.72
4:56AM
1.73
8:48PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:55AM
0.74
12:19PM
0.65
1:12PM
0.55
12:15AM
1.36
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise7:16-------7:13-------7:13-------
Sunset---7:00-------7:01-------7:02----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141818181615151415212423191818181927292822212221
Feels °C (?)141717181615141314202221171514141524252520181817
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