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 Tuesday 09 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 20.6° C
(Which is 3.2°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 8PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (09 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	16s
Evening (09 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	15s

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

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	Tuesday 09				Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	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)	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	6	17	17	13	14	14	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	292	325	305	337	330	375	359	417	369	356	302	361	286	241	284	378	374	286	316	224	269	248	303	288
Wind (km/h)	W	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	W	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	W	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:18AM 2.02				11:40PM 1.79				11:52AM 2.08				12:39AM 1.58				12:32PM 2.10				1:55AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)			5:37PM 0.50				5:31AM 0.63				6:34PM 0.45				6:03AM 0.81				7:40PM 0.45				6:38AM 0.99

	Tuesday 09				Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	24	18	16	16	16	18	23	25	24	19	16	16	16	17	23	26	24	17	15	15	16	18	24
Feels °C (?)	25	20	16	15	15	15	17	21	21	21	18	15	15	15	16	22	23	21	14	13	14	15	18	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update Cross-off winds at Refugio State Beach are now cross-shore so expect speed-bumps in the surf (moderate winds from the WNW at Santa Ynez Airport 16 km from Refugio State Beach). 1.0m 4s local chop from the WNW with a 0.4m 16s long period groundswell from the SW and a 0.3m 10s swell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 9 minutes ago Refugio State Beach

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16 km away, 1 h 9 min ago

22 km/h

WNW

0.0

20.6

Air / Water (°C)

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