Pescaderos surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 24 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
16.6° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pescaderos today?

The current surf forecast for Pescaderos at 5PM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Afternoon (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)1818181818181716161616161689999101010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8011115415215215014313293127125125124149237271314321301307307279259206
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
S
5
S
10
WSW
5
NW
0
ENE
5
NE
0
E
0
ENE
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
S
5
E
5
NE
10
ENE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:12PM
1.31
2:43AM
1.97
6:52PM
1.41
4:16AM
1.92
7:34PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
0.40
7:34PM
1.27
11:03AM
0.38
9:50PM
1.34
12:16PM
0.32
11:48PM
1.27
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise6:58-------6:56-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:13-------7:14-------7:15----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C162121211818181818222223201818181823252219192019
Feels °C (?)162121211818181818212122191616171722232119171818
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