Santa Maria Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 23 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
14.4° C
(Which is 1.9°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 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (23 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (23 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
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
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161515151515141414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)140136217194204182188184254188238209207211212190195200145159184197192186
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
NNE
10
N
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:52AM
1.56
9:22PM
2.39
11:30AM
1.60
10:09PM
2.36
12:07PM
1.64
10:55PM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
-0.03
3:07PM
1.15
4:48AM
-0.03
3:59PM
1.10
5:29AM
0.01
4:50PM
1.06
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Sunrise--6:05-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset------8:12-------8:10-------8:10-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141415171716141413131415161615141413141516151413
Feels °C (?)131414161514121312121313141413131412131213121212
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Santa Maria Rivermouth (light winds from the N at Santa Maria Airport 20 km from Santa Maria Rivermouth). 0.5m 7s swell from the WNW with a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SSW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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