The Hut - Paradise Cove surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 PDT
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The Hut - Paradise Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Hut - Paradise Cove sea temperature is
14.7° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Hut - Paradise Cove today?

The current surf forecast for The Hut - Paradise Cove at 2AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

Table - waves today at The Hut - Paradise Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.6
SW
0.8
W
0.9
NW
1.2
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2.5
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
NW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)1111111211151110910101010101010109999987
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1961922032141961711691672216117167167311149665615578573561904407643323286
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
30
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:40PM
2.13
12:42PM
1.63
12:16AM
2.16
1:49PM
1.49
12:59AM
2.14
3:18PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:27AM
0.37
5:57PM
0.89
7:24AM
0.35
6:31PM
1.04
8:31AM
0.36
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----7:05-------7:03-------7:01---
Sunset-------7:14-------7:15-------7:15
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171719181819171613141414141514141314151516202222
Feels °C (?)171720191818151513141210111110101012121213151615
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