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Surf Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 PST
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Surf Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Surf Beach sea temperature is
15.3° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Surf Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Surf Beach at 4PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (28 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (28 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.1
W
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
W
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)131211121212141413131616161514141414131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)95186307462532617174817301765143030342958348629342989274024202110180416051299995962905
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NE
5
NNW
15
NW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:07AM
2.15
7:57PM
1.37
6:08AM
2.26
8:42PM
1.46
7:05AM
2.35
9:20PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01PM
0.23
11:31PM
1.19
1:52PM
0.07
12:41AM
1.16
2:38PM
-0.03
1:41AM
1.09
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise-7:03-------7:01-------7:01------
Sunset---5:27-------5:28-------5:29----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131519191514131313152122171615141518221919181817
Feels °C (?)89131399988101718131211111115191617161514
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