Refugio State Beach surf break

Refugio State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 27 Mar 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
16.1° 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 5AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.4
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
SSW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111111010101015111114141414141313131312977
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186183130128908811117368977662595858585857575655614493
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
0
SE
0
E
5
N
5
NNW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
E
5
SSE
10
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
1.63
6:53AM
1.97
8:35PM
1.73
7:49AM
1.99
9:01PM
1.82
8:38AM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02AM
1.12
1:57PM
0.27
1:56AM
0.95
2:34PM
0.30
2:42AM
0.78
3:06PM
0.38
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:50---
Sunset-------7:16-------7:17-------7:19
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171615151623252518171717192625251918171818212222
Feels °C (?)181716151622232317161615182623231817151717202121
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