Hobson's surfForecast / CAL – Ventura / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 PDT
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Hobson's surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hobson's sea temperature is
16.5° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hobson's today?

The current surf forecast for Hobson's at 1PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)12121212121111111111111111111010101010107699
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)102100959512911811211411811682818179130127161158154117423799101
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
SSE
10
S
5
SW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
0
NNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
0
NW
5
NW
5
NW
0
NNE
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
0
E
0
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrossglasscrossglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:16AM
1.38
11:15PM
1.72
12:10PM
1.20
11:50PM
1.74
1:16PM
1.02
12:32AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:08AM
-0.05
5:00PM
0.21
5:58AM
-0.11
5:29PM
0.38
6:56AM
-0.11
5:59PM
0.55
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise7:01-------7:00-------6:58-------
Sunset---7:08-------7:08-------7:09----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222626242222222121232322212019191922222119191918
Feels °C (?)222526242221222021222222212119192022222120191918
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