Hendry's Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 14 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 2.4°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 11PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 14). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)--
Afternoon (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (14 Apr)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.5
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.7
W
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)161666714141515151588149999161710111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1021021401047710812012184858585778181108132158155100255229184147
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
15
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
N
0
ENE
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
ENE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffglassglassglassglassononcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
1.48
8:52AM
1.38
9:05PM
1.63
9:40AM
1.34
9:34PM
1.77
10:30AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:23PM
0.04
2:51AM
0.13
2:51PM
0.11
3:33AM
-0.06
3:20PM
0.21
4:17AM
-0.21
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise------6:28-------6:26-------6:24-
Sunset-7:29-------7:30-------7:30------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191815141414161819181716161617192019171413121519
Feels °C (?)1716121212131516171617151515161818171611881215
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