Refugio State Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.46° N 120.08° W

Issued: 4 am 19 Jun 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Refugio State Beach sea temperature is
16.8° C

1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year

Refugio State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for Refugio State Beach based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Refugio State Beach right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Refugio State Beach

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Santa Ynez Airport

16 km N220 m above sea level

2 hours ago
cloudDry and cloudy
wind obs. (9 kph from 130 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
15 °C16
16
overcast

Santa Barbara Airport

21 km E218 m above sea level

3 hours ago
cloudDry and cloudy
5
light winds from the ESE
(7 km/h at 120°)
16.1 °C16
16
overcast

East Santa Barbara Buoy

32 km SE3 m above sea level

59 minutes ago
20
light winds from the W
(18 km/h at 270°)
15.8 °C-
-


BUOY-NTBC1

36 km E3 m above sea level

2 hours ago
0
-
(0 km/h at -°)
15.9 °C-
-


Lompoc

38 km W150 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
0
calm
(0 km/h at °)
0
- °C-
-
-
-
0

Santa Barbara Buoy

42 km SW3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
5
light winds from the NNW
(7 km/h at 330°)
- °C-
-


Lompoc Airport

42 km W168 m above sea level

3 hours ago
cloudDry and cloudy
10
light winds from the WNW
(9 km/h at 290°)
15.0 °C16
16
overcast

Vandenberg Air Force Base Airport

49 km W708 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
5
light winds from the NE
(7 km/h at 50°)
14 °C16
16
broken

Santa Maria

50 km NW385 m above sea level

3 hours ago
dry
-
(- km/h at °)
- °C-
-
-
-
0

BUOY-PTGC1

54 km W3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
10
light winds from the NNW
(9 km/h at 330°)
15.1 °C-
-


* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Refugio State Beach and within an acceptable time window.

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