Hendry's Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 08 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
16.1° C
(Which is 2.5°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 1AM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1ft (0.3m)19s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
1.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1366161616191616161718181818181815161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8314521266666674676790202211211209211130123109234232234234232226
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
NW
0
NNE
5
SE
5
SE
10
S
10
WSW
5
W
0
NW
0
NE
5
NE
5
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:13AM
1.26
8:37PM
0.98
3:59AM
1.22
7:47PM
1.04
5:25AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:17AM
0.16
9:36PM
0.98
12:15PM
0.09
11:58PM
0.88
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise------6:35-------6:33-------6:33-
Sunset-7:24-------7:24-------7:25------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C242521201918192122211918161516171817151413131416
Feels °C (?)232318171617192019171716151515161716151413121315
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