Miramar surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
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Miramar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Miramar sea temperature is
20.3° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Miramar today?

The current surf forecast for Miramar at 8PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)141414141414141314141414141313131313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)108158108101979794589299142102100130125868483848483524847
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
SE
5
SE
0
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
0
NW
0
NNW
0
N
0
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
0
WNW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08PM
2.10
9:21AM
1.80
8:50PM
2.07
9:44AM
1.86
9:30PM
2.01
10:06AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:10PM
0.96
2:57AM
0.26
2:52PM
0.83
3:26AM
0.34
3:30PM
0.72
3:52AM
0.44
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------6:43-------6:43-------6:45-
Sunset-7:00-------6:59-------6:58------
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
212---------------------
Temp. °C212222212121212324232222212122252524232222212224
Feels °C (?)232425232424242626252425232324262625252323222424
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Miramar (light winds from the SW at BUOY-NTBC1 6 km from Miramar). 0.5m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the SW and a 0.2m 4s local chop from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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13 km/h
SW
Cross-On
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