Seals Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

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Seals surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 PDT

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Seals surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Seals sea temperature is 18.3° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Seals today?

The current surf forecast for Seals at 3AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s
Evening (18 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	16s

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

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	Fri 17		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	NW	SW	SW	SW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	18	17	16	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	54	49	104	104	88	86	104	267	177	264	322	310	223	217	214	211	136	123	116	84	84	66	109	131
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	NE	S	SSW	WSW	NNW	N	N	N	NNE	SSW	SW	W	NNW	N	NNE	NE	E	S	S	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross	on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:01PM 1.80				8:39AM 1.92				8:45PM 1.77				8:59AM 1.98				9:27PM 1.72				9:20AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)				2:17AM 0.51				2:49PM 0.65				2:44AM 0.62				3:24PM 0.52				3:08AM 0.73				3:57PM 0.42

	Fri 17		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	20	20	21	25	26	25	22	21	21	20	20	25	26	24	20	19	19	18	18	23	24	23
Feels °C (?)	18	17	17	17	18	23	24	23	20	19	19	18	18	23	24	21	18	17	17	16	16	22	22	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Seals (calm at Santa Barbara Airport 9 km from Seals). 0.7m 4s local chop from the W with a 0.5m 9s swell, also from the W and a 0.3m 12s groundswell, also from the WSW as well as a 0.3m 12s groundswell, also from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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