Isla Vista Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.41° N 119.87° W)

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Isla Vista surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 PDT

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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 20.2° C
(Which is 2.9°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 5AM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	18s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	17s
Evening (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	16s

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

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	Mon 15		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SW	S
Period(s) (?)	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	181	177	177	276	287	228	279	269	117	180	113	169	165	220	160	181	202	207	215	151	177	162	72	152
Wind (km/h)	NW	W	N	N	NW	SW	SW	WSW	WNW	W	SW	W	NNW	SSW	SW	WSW	E	ESE	WNW	WNW	SSE	SE	SSE	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	5:09PM 1.97					8:02AM 1.53			6:23PM 2.01					8:32AM 1.62			7:21PM 2.05					9:00AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			12:57AM 0.28				12:24PM 1.22				1:46AM 0.23				1:25PM 1.09					2:26AM 0.22				2:12PM 0.95

	Mon 15		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4
Temp. °C	22	22	22	22	24	28	28	26	24	24	23	22	23	25	24	23	21	20	23	21	21	21	20	20
Feels °C (?)	22	23	23	22	24	28	27	25	23	24	24	22	24	25	24	23	23	21	23	22	21	21	22	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Isla Vista (calm at Santa Barbara Airport 3 km from Isla Vista). 0.6m 8s swell from the W with a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.3m 18s long period groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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