Hendry's Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 16 Feb 2026 PST
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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
15.9° C
(Which is 2.1°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 8AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.6m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)7s
Afternoon (16 Feb)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (16 Feb)5ft (1.6m)7s

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

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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
2
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
2.3
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
1.3
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
2
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
W
3.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)1515147771414131313881078910101012121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25618818646830633124019518718113519335949938410641678197513801154128813461117698
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
SE
40
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
25
SW
30
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
30
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
1.75
9:48PM
1.20
9:00AM
1.72
10:11PM
1.28
9:37AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
0.54
3:27PM
-0.28
2:53AM
0.45
3:52PM
-0.24
3:33AM
0.37
4:17PM
-0.16
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise--6:43-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset-----5:43-------5:44-------5:44--
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1321832121---25661------
Temp. °C14131313121212121111111312121212119810121298
Feels °C (?)976688899999776532245544
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