Sand Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 02 Jul 2025 PDT
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Sand Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sand Beach sea temperature is
17.9° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Sand Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sand Beach at 1PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am July 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (02 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (02 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
1.1
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.4
S
1
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)16161616166161615181815181717888177666888876678817171713141616161616101414151414141418181818131313135
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)107102140162175229160151292277268304263250270270285285255279332314287314339187162200224238261338194390317234244250328317308397413367154151215174207201192245243224169147122142127159
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
NE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
0
NE
5
ESE
5
E
5
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
0
NW
0
NW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
N
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
off
glassonononcross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossglassglassglassonononcross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:48PM
1.78
5:01AM
1.27
5:25PM
1.83
6:44AM
1.24
6:02PM
1.89
8:08AM
1.27
6:38PM
1.95
9:06AM
1.33
7:16PM
2.01
9:50AM
1.38
7:54PM
2.08
10:26AM
1.41
8:32PM
2.15
10:59AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:39AM
0.77
11:46PM
0.93
10:18AM
0.92
12:50AM
0.77
11:02AM
1.05
1:39AM
0.62
11:50AM
1.14
2:20AM
0.48
12:40PM
1.19
2:57AM
0.36
1:26PM
1.21
3:33AM
0.26
2:09PM
1.21
4:09AM
0.18
2:48PM
1.19
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Sunrise5:50-------5:50-------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------5:54-------5:54---
Sunset----8:15-------8:15-------8:15-------8:15-------8:15-------8:15-------8:14-------
clearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182122232017161518212221191817162023242623191919212425242220201922252525232020202325252523222222252728292725242326293032
Feels °C (?)182122211917161518212221191917152022222420171718202324232119201821242324221918182224232322222021232526272523232225272930
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