Surf Beach Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.68° N 120.61° W)

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Surf Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 16 Oct 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 14.3° C
(Which is 2.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Surf Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Surf Beach at 4PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	15s
Evening (16 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	16s

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

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	Thursday 16						Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun 19
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	3	4	2	2	3	3	2	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	16	16	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	242	239	301	446	362	154	285	305	334	405	334	305	269	207	207	342	465	673	1339	1178	1734	1857	1904	1721
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	NE	N	NW	NW	N	NNW	NNW	N	N	WNW	WNW	NW	N	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:01AM 1.76			7:20PM 1.80					8:27AM 1.83				8:12PM 1.78				8:50AM 1.90				8:59PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			1:38PM 0.96				1:55AM 0.45					2:23PM 0.80				2:28AM 0.53				3:02PM 0.66				2:56AM 0.64

	Thursday 16						Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun 19
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	19	17	15	15	15	15	16	20	21	19	16	16	16	16	16	20	20	18	16	17	16	16
Feels °C (?)	10	14	14	12	11	13	13	12	14	18	18	16	14	15	14	14	15	19	18	16	14	15	14	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Surf Beach (moderate winds from the N at Vandenberg Air Force Base Airport 6 km from Surf Beach). 1.2m 5s windswell from the NW with a 0.7m 14s groundswell from the WNW and a 0.5m 17s long period groundswell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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