Perkos Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.45° N 120.43° W)

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Perkos surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 16 Oct 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 15.6° C
(Which is 1.1°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: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s
Evening (16 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	16s

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

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	Thursday 16						Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun 19
	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	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	SSW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	16	16	16	7	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	18	20	20	18	18	17	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	220	217	214	318	441	223	203	272	272	372	309	272	264	236	207	259	388	540	1162	1542	1401	1611	1571	1513
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	N	N	NNE	NE	SW	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	WSW	W	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:56AM 1.76				7:15PM 1.81					8:22AM 1.84				8:06PM 1.79				8:45AM 1.90				8:52PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			1:32PM 0.96				1:50AM 0.44					2:17PM 0.80				2:22AM 0.53				2:55PM 0.66				2:50AM 0.63

	Thursday 16						Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun 19
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	19	18	15	16	16	16	17	21	20	21	18	18	17	17	17	20	20	20	19	19	18	18
Feels °C (?)	10	15	15	14	11	14	14	14	15	20	18	18	15	15	14	15	15	19	18	17	16	16	15	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Perkos (fresh winds from the NW at SHIP1164 18 km from Perkos). 1.3m 6s windswell from the WNW with a 0.6m 10s swell, also from the WNW and a 0.4m 11s groundswell, also from the NW as well as a 0.4m 11s groundswell, also from the WSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 21 minutes ago Perkos

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18 km away, 1 h 21 min ago

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