Hendry's Beach surf break

Hendry's Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 PDT
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Hendry's Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hendry's Beach sea temperature is
15.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hendry's Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Hendry's Beach at 10PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

Table - waves today at Hendry's Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151414141414141414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1261261401387888721201201201201066864737170102706968686767
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
N
5
N
5
NNE
0
ESE
5
S
5
S
10
WSW
5
WNW
0
WNW
0
ENE
0
NNW
0
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
N
5
NNE
5
S
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:06PM
1.87
11:24AM
1.18
10:43PM
1.91
12:25PM
1.08
11:24PM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:50PM
0.32
5:04AM
-0.31
4:23PM
0.45
5:55AM
-0.35
4:58PM
0.57
6:52AM
-0.32
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------6:24-------6:22-------6:20-
Sunset-7:31-------7:31-------7:32------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201918181717192122201817171617202018161514141618
Feels °C (?)171715151414171819171616161516181815141413121416
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