Santa Maria Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 26 Jul 2025 PDT
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Santa Maria Rivermouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Santa Maria Rivermouth sea temperature is
15.2° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Santa Maria Rivermouth today?

The current surf forecast for Santa Maria Rivermouth at 9AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (26 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)19s
Evening (26 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)19s

Table - waves today at Santa Maria Rivermouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)1312121220191919181818181818181817171717171667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)177173165163187193171131130124131160160151166238175176153152151156185221
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NW
0
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:43PM
1.68
11:39PM
2.12
1:18PM
1.72
12:23AM
1.93
1:53PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:06AM
0.11
5:41PM
1.04
6:41AM
0.25
6:34PM
1.02
7:14AM
0.42
7:31PM
1.00
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
Sunrise--6:07-------6:07-------6:07-----
Sunset------8:09-------8:08-------8:07-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414151615141313141416161514141414151716151414
Feels °C (?)131312131312121212121314141211121314161513121213
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Santa Maria Rivermouth (light winds from the NNW at Santa Maria Airport 20 km from Santa Maria Rivermouth). 0.6m 8s swell from the WSW with a 0.5m 4s local chop from the WNW and a 0.4m 11s groundswell from the W as well as a 0.2m 15s groundswell, also from the W. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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13 km/h
NNW
0.0
15.2
Air / Water (°C)
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