Surf Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 31 Aug 2025 PDT
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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
16.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Surf Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Surf Beach at 3PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 31). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (31 Aug)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (31 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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

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Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wed
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
WNW
1.2
NW
Period(s) (?)77777667777777771515667666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)9610983815651517881126124105112111111121429427123120154134144187
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
0
WNW
10
W
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
glassonononglasscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:12PM
1.75
9:17AM
1.36
5:25PM
1.79
9:07AM
1.41
6:25PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
0.60
10:23AM
1.36
1:35AM
0.48
12:13PM
1.33
2:13AM
0.37
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wed
03
Sunrise6:33-------6:35-------6:35-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:29-------7:27----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202322212120191920232020171515151619201815141414
Feels °C (?)212422212119191921231919161414141417181513121212
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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 Surf Beach (moderate winds from the W at Lompoc Airport 13 km from Surf Beach). A 1.0m swell from the WNW

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2 h 15 min ago

20 km/h
W
Cross-On
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