Refugio State Beach surf break

Refugio State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 28 Dec 2025 PST
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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
16.4° C
(Which is 2.3°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 12AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm December 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Dec)--
Afternoon (29 Dec)--
Evening (29 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Sun
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
WNW
0.4
NW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)9888101079999991313121412141413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)848061385452213332322221204543394142104143139135123117
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
W
5
W
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NE
5
N
5
NW
10
N
5
NE
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
10
E
15
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
offglassglassoffoffglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:35AM
2.03
6:09PM
1.29
5:22AM
2.19
7:27PM
1.35
6:10AM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:31PM
0.89
12:02PM
0.54
10:29PM
1.00
12:57PM
0.28
11:29PM
1.07
1:47PM
0.07
Sun
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Sunrise-----7:05-------7:05-------7:05--
Sunset-------4:58-------4:59-------4:59
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C131313121116191815141415151820201818191614161517
Feels °C (?)1111119713171613111011121518181515171312141213
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