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Leadbetter Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Leadbetter surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Leadbetter today?
The current surf forecast for Leadbetter at 9PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 21). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (21 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 14s |
| Evening (21 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Leadbetter. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 120 | 121 | 56 | 56 | 62 | 97 | 96 | 80 | 152 | 145 | 171 | 169 | 166 | 146 | 142 | 138 | 81 | 79 | 70 | 68 | 78 | 145 | 184 | 336 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross | cross | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | glass | on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | glass | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:43PM 1.23 | 10:02AM 1.75 | 11:26PM 1.16 | 10:25AM 1.73 | 12:14AM 1.09 | 10:50AM 1.69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:32PM 0.07 | 3:46AM 0.62 | 5:06PM 0.05 | 4:05AM 0.72 | 5:43PM 0.07 | 4:24AM 0.81 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:11 | - |
| Sunset | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 24 |
| Feels °C (?) | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 23 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara
The wind is still cross-on at Leadbetter (light winds from the SW at BUOY-NTBC1 1 km from Leadbetter). 0.6m 4s local chop from the W with a 0.4m 13s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.2m 20s long period groundswell from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 h 3 min ago
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