Pescaderos Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.41° N 119.86° W)

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Pescaderos surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 15 Oct 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 18.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pescaderos today?

The current surf forecast for Pescaderos at 12AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 15). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Oct)	-	-
Evening (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s

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

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	Wed 15		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	SW	SW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SW	NW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	18	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	18	16	16	16	18	17
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	60	58	56	60	55	55	54	63	100	100	64	54	85	84	84	84	54	75	78	95	88	86	102	267
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	N	N	NNE	WSW	WSW	WSW	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	SW	SW	WSW	NW	N	NE	NE	NE	SSW	SW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:11PM 1.83				7:51AM 1.76				7:11PM 1.82					8:16AM 1.85				8:01PM 1.80				8:39AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			1:08AM 0.37				1:28PM 0.95				1:46AM 0.43					2:11PM 0.79				2:17AM 0.51				2:49PM 0.65

	Wed 15		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	14	15	20	21	20	19	18	18	18	18	23	24	22	20	19	19	19	19	23	24	22
Feels °C (?)	14	13	12	12	13	18	19	18	18	16	16	16	15	21	22	19	18	18	17	18	17	21	22	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Pescaderos (moderate winds from the NNE at Santa Barbara Airport 3 km from Pescaderos). 1.3m 5s windswell from the WNW with a 0.5m 14s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 37 minutes ago Pescaderos

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2 h 37 min ago

20 km/h

NNE

Cross-Off

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