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Hammonds Reef surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 19 Mar 2026 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
16.5° C
 (Which is 2.7°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 3AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)17171212121212121211111111111111111010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)757097132132129129132169152114152160116112112112214250245240240192173
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		glassononglasscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassglassoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:45PM
2.10
11:16AM
1.81
11:16PM
2.16
12:10PM
1.64
11:51PM
2.18
1:15PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:10AM
0.43
4:59PM
0.68
6:00AM
0.37
5:29PM
0.84
6:57AM
0.37
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----7:01-------7:01-------6:58---
Sunset-------7:08-------7:09-------7:10
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262525252530302824242322222626252322212020252524
Feels °C (?)262525242429292824232221212525242322222020242423
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