Refugio State Beach surf break

Refugio State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 PDT
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Refugio State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Refugio State Beach sea temperature is
16.0° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Refugio State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Refugio State Beach at 10AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

Table - waves today at Refugio State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.8
NW
0.6
S
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)1414141414136137777131316161620191616161718
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2362361811791791762451282022501961348991127208127151146129127268309399
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
25
W
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
1.85
1:09AM
1.77
2:15AM
1.69
8:15PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:39AM
0.59
9:58AM
0.62
11:15AM
0.60
10:02PM
1.44
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise--6:39-------6:37-------6:37-----
Sunset-----7:24-------7:25-------7:27--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141416242424171717161827292417151515172324221715
Feels °C (?)111214232220131414121523241914121312152020181514
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