Refugio State Beach surf break

Refugio State Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 03 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
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 4AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 03). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 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 (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)17s

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


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Fri
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
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
Period(s) (?)111111111918181817171616161616161515151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)313261256211247308307395386373438333329330322391367357352275272272264264
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
SW
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
W
15
W
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
2.03
12:21PM
1.50
11:27PM
1.99
1:16PM
1.38
11:55PM
1.93
2:36PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:59AM
0.41
5:11PM
1.02
6:43AM
0.46
5:30PM
1.14
7:34AM
0.53
Fri
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise----6:43-------6:41-------6:41---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:23-------7:23
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818171826262721191918202625252017161617232623
Feels °C (?)161615131422232317151514172322221814131315202318
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