Perkos surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 09 Aug 2025 PDT
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Perkos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Perkos sea temperature is
13.7° C
(Which is 3.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Perkos today?

The current surf forecast for Perkos at 12PM is: 0.6m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (09 Aug)2ft (0.6m)19s
Evening (09 Aug)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

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Saturday
09
Sunday
10
Monday
11
Tue
12
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Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1019199916181818181818181616171717171716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)752760727703604635807956886994873116411761125131414811353141114569841081108312011185
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:22AM
1.59
10:17PM
2.20
11:50AM
1.67
10:59PM
2.10
12:19PM
1.76
11:45PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:10PM
1.00
5:21AM
0.17
4:58PM
0.93
5:51AM
0.27
5:50PM
0.86
Saturday
09
Sunday
10
Monday
11
Tue
12
Sunrise6:16-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset---7:55-------7:54-------7:53----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151819191716171618222323191717161822232218161516
Feels °C (?)131517161413141416191919161413131619191714121113
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Perkos (light winds from the NW at SHIP1473 18 km from Perkos). 1.0m 11s groundswell from the WSW with a 1.0m 9s swell from the WNW and a 0.5m 15s groundswell from the S as well as a 0.3m 18s long period groundswell from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
NW
0.0
13.7
Air / Water (°C)
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