Sandspit surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 17 Nov 2025 PST
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Sandspit surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sandspit sea temperature is
17.4° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Sandspit today?

The current surf forecast for Sandspit at 7PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Nov)--
Afternoon (17 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (17 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
1.1
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.4
NW
Period(s) (?)141410111212121212121111111212121112121212141014
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7871220524546480404341279270213213170179140130941301329898525153
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
W
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
0
SSW
5
SW
0
W
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26PM
1.13
7:39AM
1.77
9:10PM
1.11
8:02AM
1.80
9:53PM
1.09
8:28AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:17PM
0.05
1:18AM
0.62
2:50PM
-0.03
1:41AM
0.71
3:23PM
-0.07
2:05AM
0.78
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Sunrise------6:33-------6:35-------6:35-
Sunset-4:52-------4:52-------4:52------
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
101------11--------------
Temp. °C131412121111111414141312121212151515131312121213
Feels °C (?)1011998991313131210101010131213111110101112
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