Fernald Point surf break

Fernald Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 07 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
16.4° C
(Which is 2.8°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 5PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.9
W
0.3
SW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1.4
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)1414141413618131313131361616161616161617181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)949494616064595554545352151666666676867103116209123209
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
SW
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
5
W
5
W
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
5
WNW
0
NW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:02AM
1.79
2:08AM
1.71
8:19PM
1.47
3:46AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32AM
0.61
9:53AM
0.64
11:11AM
0.62
9:54PM
1.47
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise6:37-------6:35-------6:35-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:23-------7:24----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192224242019181719252626222019182023232219171615
Feels °C (?)192123241817161417232423191717162021201817161615
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