Hendry's Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 03 Sep 2025 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
21.3° C
(Which is 3.8°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 2AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (04 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (04 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151518141414141613131313131414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)284247275235225272281274283373318208203251235232254175190169177191188213
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
ESE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
N
5
NE
0
NE
0
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:15PM
1.70
9:12AM
1.21
7:57PM
1.80
9:31AM
1.29
8:38PM
1.86
9:53AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:38AM
-0.04
1:50PM
0.77
3:07AM
-0.10
2:29PM
0.64
3:35AM
-0.12
3:10PM
0.50
Wed
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise----6:33-------6:33-------6:35---
Sunset-------7:21-------7:20-------7:17
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. °C252524232426272725242322232626262322222123252627
Feels °C (?)262624242526272725232221232626262322212023242526
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Hendry's Beach (light winds from the NE at BUOY-NTBC1 5 km from Hendry's Beach). 1.0m 6s windswell from the W with a 0.4m 7s swell, also from the W and a 0.2m 15s groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Hendry's Beach
Expand
<
>
View all

1 h 40 min ago

13 km/h
NE
Cross-Off
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Hendry's Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest