Fernald Point surf break

Fernald Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 31 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
16.5° 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 7PM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (31 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (31 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
1.2
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
1.1
W
1.8
W
1.9
WNW
1.3
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)15151515141414161613131351313555666789
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21212133211918212028282865282828332677268272177124123
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
S
5
ENE
10
ESE
5
S
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
SW
20
WSW
25
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crossglassglassoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19AM
1.96
9:45PM
2.01
10:02AM
1.87
10:09PM
2.06
10:44AM
1.77
10:32PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31PM
0.49
3:58AM
0.52
3:57PM
0.62
4:36AM
0.45
4:22PM
0.76
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise6:47-------6:46-------6:43-------
Sunset---7:17-------7:19-------7:19----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C161919191816151415192020161514141519202117141212
Feels °C (?)1619191818171412131717151313121113171717141088
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