Refugio State Beach surf break

Refugio State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 04 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
15.8° C
(Which is 2.2°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 3AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


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Sat
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
2.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)17171616161616161515151515151414141414141414146
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)386373438333329330322391367357352275272272264264250239181181181179179320
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
1.99
1:16PM
1.38
11:55PM
1.93
2:36PM
1.30
12:27AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:11PM
1.02
6:43AM
0.46
5:30PM
1.14
7:34AM
0.53
5:39PM
1.23
8:39AM
0.59
Sat
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----6:41-------6:41-------6:39---
Sunset-------7:23-------7:23-------7:24
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222019182026262520171615162325231513151516252725
Feels °C (?)19161514162222221814131213202118119121213222419
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