Refugio State Beach Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.46° N 120.08° W)

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Refugio State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 19.8° C
(Which is 2.6°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 7PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	WNW	WNW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	WNW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	16	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	215	210	254	236	160	160	134	134	134	146	144	150	148	142	121	125	94	83	83	83	82	82	74	72
Wind (km/h)	SE	W	ENE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	WSW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	SW	SW	W	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				8:11PM 2.06				9:26AM 1.76				8:54PM 2.03				9:49AM 1.83				9:34PM 1.97				10:11AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		2:14PM 0.95				3:01AM 0.26				2:55PM 0.83				3:30AM 0.34				3:34PM 0.72				3:57AM 0.45

	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-
Sunset	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	21	20	20	20	20	23	24	23	22	21	20	19	21	26	26	26	21	18	18	18	20	24
Feels °C (?)	23	23	24	22	23	22	22	24	25	24	23	22	21	20	22	27	26	26	20	17	17	18	20	24

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the WSW at Santa Barbara Airport 21 km from Refugio State Beach). 0.6m 9s swell from the WNW with a 0.4m 13s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 12 minutes ago Refugio State Beach

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21 km away, 2 h 12 min ago

9 km/h

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0.0

19.8

Air / Water (°C)

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