Hendry's Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 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
18.0° C
(Which is 1.1°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 9AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (16 Oct)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (16 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
NW
0.4
SSW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)131813131316161616121515151518181818161616181616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)336033323148656550284254545461801211206470639999173
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
N
10
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
offoffoffoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
1.44
7:07PM
1.54
8:15AM
1.52
7:57PM
1.51
8:38AM
1.60
8:41PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
0.02
1:24PM
0.62
1:47AM
0.07
2:09PM
0.45
2:18AM
0.16
2:48PM
0.31
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--7:03-------7:05-------7:05-----
Sunset-----6:22-------6:22-------6:21--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141415202120191818181923242320191919202324232020
Feels °C (?)121213181918181616151621212119181718192222221919
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Hendry's Beach (calm at BUOY-NTBC1 5 km from Hendry's Beach). 0.5m 6s windswell from the W with a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell, also from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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