Sand Beach Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.41° N 119.88° W)

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Sand Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 14 Sep 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 20.1° C
(Which is 2.7°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 2AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	13s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	20s
Evening (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	19s

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

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	Sun 14		Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	13	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	71	70	70	71	70	70	121	121	119	113	107	159	155	98	222	206	53	90	90	146	142	122	112	110
Wind (km/h)	NW	E	ESE	E	ESE	SSE	SSW	WSW	NW	N	ENE	NE	NNW	SW	SW	WSW	W	WSW	NNW	W	W	SW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)					7:23AM 1.43				5:09PM 1.97					8:02AM 1.53			6:23PM 2.01					8:32AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			11:53PM 0.35			10:53AM 1.31					12:57AM 0.28				12:24PM 1.22				1:46AM 0.23				1:25PM 1.09

	Sun 14		Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	20	19	21	25	26	26	23	22	22	21	24	27	28	26	24	24	22	22	23	25	25	23
Feels °C (?)	23	21	20	19	21	26	27	27	24	23	22	21	24	27	28	25	23	24	22	22	23	24	25	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Sand Beach (light winds from the E at BUOY-NTBC1 18 km from Sand Beach). 0.6m 5s windswell from the W with a 0.4m 13s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.2m 9s swell from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 43 minutes ago Sand Beach

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18 km away, 1 h 43 min ago

11 km/h

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20.1

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