Government Point Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.44° N 120.45° W)

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Government Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 PDT

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Government Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Government Point sea temperature is 17.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Government Point today?

The current surf forecast for Government Point at 12PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	16s
Afternoon (27 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s
Evening (27 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	15s

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

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	Wednesday 27						Thursday 28								Friday 29								Sat 30
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSE	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	18	11	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	436	431	329	287	254	203	242	226	254	223	313	276	289	251	299	327	320	313	250	295	371	265	290	332
Wind (km/h)	NNW	WNW	W	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			12:55PM 1.81				1:26AM 1.40				1:26PM 1.79					2:42AM 1.25				2:03PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	6:27AM 0.79				7:35PM 0.78				6:46AM 0.95					8:40PM 0.79			6:59AM 1.08					10:05PM 0.78

	Wednesday 27						Thursday 28								Friday 29								Sat 30
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	19	19	20	19	17	17	18	18	21	20	20	18	16	16	15	17	22	21	22	18	17	16	18
Feels °C (?)	15	18	17	18	17	15	14	16	18	20	19	18	16	13	13	12	15	20	18	19	15	14	14	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Government Point (light winds from the WNW at SHIP1001 16 km from Government Point). 0.6m 8s swell from the WNW with a 0.4m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW and a 0.4m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
3 hours 14 minutes ago Government Point

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16 km away, 3 h 14 min ago

18 km/h

WNW

0.0

17.7

Air / Water (°C)

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