Pescaderos surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 PDT
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Pescaderos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pescaderos sea temperature is
20.2° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pescaderos today?

The current surf forecast for Pescaderos at 12PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Evening (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)19s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131320202019181818181817161716161616151515161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)140124205215181181178275287255272261260272204258246222160181201200215134
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
NW
0
W
0
NNE
0
NNE
0
NW
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
NNE
0
W
0
SSE
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:23AM
1.43
5:09PM
1.97
8:02AM
1.53
6:23PM
2.01
8:32AM
1.62
7:21PM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:53AM
1.31
12:57AM
0.28
12:24PM
1.22
1:46AM
0.23
1:25PM
1.09
2:26AM
0.22
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
Sunrise6:41-------6:41-------6:43-------
Sunset---7:06-------7:05-------7:02----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202425252222222224282827242524242426262423252522
Feels °C (?)202526262223232324282827232525252526262423222322
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Pescaderos (light winds from the SE at Santa Barbara Airport 3 km from Pescaderos). 0.5m 7s swell from the W with a 0.5m 13s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.3m 7s swell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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SE
Clean
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