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Santa Maria Rivermouth Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Santa Maria Rivermouth surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 PDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
14.7° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Santa Maria Rivermouth today?
The current surf forecast for Santa Maria Rivermouth at 4PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Mar) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (23 Mar) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 8s |
| Evening (23 Mar) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Santa Maria Rivermouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 311 | 261 | 217 | 207 | 400 | 153 | 161 | 138 | 111 | 154 | 197 | 194 | 194 | 192 | 186 | 133 | 129 | 127 | 161 | 196 | 387 | 878 | 844 | 992 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:18PM 1.38 | 1:52AM 2.08 | 5:16PM 1.37 | 3:02AM 2.01 | 6:51PM 1.45 | 4:29AM 1.96 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:31AM 0.36 | 7:12PM 1.18 | 9:50AM 0.37 | 8:16PM 1.30 | 11:12AM 0.36 | 10:11PM 1.35 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thu 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:17 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
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