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Razorblades surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 11 Dec 2025 PSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Razorblades surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Razorblades sea temperature is
17.4° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Razorblades today?
The current surf forecast for Razorblades at 9AM is: 1.2m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Dec) | 4ft (1.2m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (11 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 15s |
| Evening (11 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Razorblades. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 407 | 379 | 425 | 576 | 674 | 674 | 805 | 870 | 870 | 848 | 805 | 763 | 647 | 594 | 585 | 467 | 440 | 331 | 326 | 321 | 257 | 175 | 167 | 161 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | off | glass | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:06AM 1.30 | 2:59PM 1.17 | 4:52AM 1.39 | 4:31PM 1.04 | 5:31AM 1.47 | 5:57PM 0.98 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:44AM 0.74 | 9:45PM 0.23 | 11:11AM 0.59 | 10:33PM 0.36 | 12:17PM 0.41 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:58 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 4:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:51 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
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