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Razorblades surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.0° C
 (Which is 2.1°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 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131312121212121212181816161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)539531531539531444437408319252248192147145145163222280350496365543529478
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
0
NNW
5
WNW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
0
W
5
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffglassglasscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
1.69
9:56PM
1.04
8:24AM
1.75
10:20PM
1.07
8:58AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:29AM
0.75
3:15PM
-0.22
2:06AM
0.71
3:44PM
-0.26
2:41AM
0.66
4:13PM
-0.28
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise---7:07-------7:05-------7:05----
Sunset-----5:14-------5:15-------5:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717212220191818181721232220181817172020211616
Feels °C (?)151414202119171516151419212018151514131818191313
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