Pescaderos surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 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
16.5° 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 3PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
1
W
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1111111111101010101010999999991919191818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)163149120118143104200250250245240225177173132173173137129125961079496
Wind
(km/h)
0
NE
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
5
W
5
N
5
NE
5
NNE
0
NNE
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
12:14PM
1.61
11:54PM
2.15
1:20PM
1.44
12:36AM
2.12
2:53PM
1.31
1:30AM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
0.37
5:32PM
0.84
7:01AM
0.36
6:03PM
0.99
8:10AM
0.38
6:38PM
1.14
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise7:01-------7:00-------6:58-------
Sunset---7:10-------7:12-------7:13----
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212425242220212020242423202019192026272622212019
Feels °C (?)212424222220222021242423212019181925262621201918
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