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Sand Beach Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Sand Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 02 Apr 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
16.3° 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 7AM is: 1.0m 4s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 Apr) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 5s |
| Afternoon (02 Apr) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 6s |
| Evening (02 Apr) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Sand Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 28 | 45 | 48 | 59 | 124 | 310 | 355 | 203 | 239 | 166 | 205 | 245 | 210 | 173 | 173 | 173 | 138 | 135 | 103 | 90 | 64 | 62 | 107 | 103 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | on | on | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:47AM 1.73 | 10:35PM 2.04 | 11:31AM 1.62 | 10:59PM 2.03 | 12:18PM 1.50 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:39AM 0.44 | 4:25PM 0.75 | 5:17AM 0.41 | 4:48PM 0.89 | 5:57AM 0.41 | 5:09PM 1.02 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 02 | Friday 03 | Saturday 04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 16 |
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