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Isla Vista surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 PST
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Isla Vista surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Isla Vista sea temperature is
16.1° C
 (Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Isla Vista today?

The current surf forecast for Isla Vista at 1AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)14s

Table - waves today at Isla Vista. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tue
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
5
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)131313121212181817141314131414141414141818171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)484405345258224176178178297322356541495104298596010671063120718775114526152755081
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
0
S
5
SW
5
W
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
ESE
5
E
10
SE
10
NE
10
E
15
E
5
SE
10
E
10
SE
10
SE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
off		crossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:23PM
1.76
10:47AM
1.99
11:56PM
1.79
11:31AM
1.76
12:30AM
1.80
12:20PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
0.19
4:50AM
0.86
5:27PM
0.37
5:42AM
0.86
5:56PM
0.57
6:41AM
0.87
Tue
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:52---
Sunset-------5:30-------5:31-------5:32
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121202025282623222120202325231919181817192020
Feels °C (?)191918161623252320181716172021191716151714181919
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