Pescaderos surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 20 Apr 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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pescaderos today?

The current surf forecast for Pescaderos at 10AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
NW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
0.4
S
0.4
S
2.2
WNW
1.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)13131313131313121413121212121278888181866
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6868686756555452551181723712631672901231631642062239797350255
Wind
(km/h)
0
WNW
5
N
5
SE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
E
15
E
20
ESE
15
SSE
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
W
20
W
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
2.31
1:46PM
1.43
12:15AM
2.22
3:20PM
1.40
1:15AM
2.09
4:57PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:58AM
0.11
5:44PM
1.16
8:04AM
0.18
6:41PM
1.27
9:18AM
0.25
8:17PM
1.35
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise--6:22-------6:20-------6:18-----
Sunset-----7:34-------7:35-------7:36--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------741----------
Temp. °C141415181918151514141614161614131211131719201513
Feels °C (?)14131416161614141211121215131211989131314109
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