Hammonds Reef surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 PDT
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Hammonds Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hammonds Reef sea temperature is
20.0° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hammonds Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Hammonds Reef at 6AM is: 0.3m 21s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)1ft (0.3m)21s
Afternoon (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)20s
Evening (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)19s

Table - waves today at Hammonds Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)212121202020191918181818181716161616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)190196176226280279244239295287285297267334306316230242276255191210199201
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
N
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
0
NW
0
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:22AM
1.45
5:07PM
1.99
8:00AM
1.56
6:21PM
2.04
8:30AM
1.65
7:19PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.37
10:51AM
1.33
12:55AM
0.29
12:23PM
1.24
1:44AM
0.24
1:23PM
1.10
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise--6:41-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset-----7:05-------7:04-------7:01--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212123262828252423232629302926262524252726242425
Feels °C (?)212124262829252423222629302926272524252726242424
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Hammonds Reef (light winds from the ENE at BUOY-NTBC1 6 km from Hammonds Reef). 0.5m 6s windswell from the W with a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.2m 9s swell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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ENE
Clean
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