Santa Barbara Surf

Detailed Santa Barbara surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Santa Barbara. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Santa Barbara. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Santa Barbara over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Santa Barbara and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

Santa Barbara Surf Forecast

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Santa Barbara Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Santa Barbara Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Santa Barbara coastline are also listed below.

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	Wed	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Oceano CAL - San Luis Obispo	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Main Street CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	3	4	4	2	4	3	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	3	2	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	347	469	1277	1605	471	1842	1043	220	565	409	116	604	299	188	627	781	338	1790	1468	1375	1420	1343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:29PM 1.91	10:26AM 1.40		10:55PM 1.92	11:21AM 1.61		11:22PM 1.90	12:12PM 1.43		11:58PM 1.86		1:31PM 1.29	12:32AM 1.80		4:03PM 1.21	1:09AM 1.74			2:32AM 1.70			8:28PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		4:27AM 0.16	4:39PM 0.63		5:20AM 0.62	4:53PM 0.32		6:09AM 0.65	5:21PM 0.96		7:14AM 0.68	5:42PM 1.11		8:28AM 0.72	5:19PM 1.21		10:02AM 0.70			11:22AM 0.63		9:03PM 1.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	21	17	14	20	17	15	24	20	16	27	19	15	24	17	12	18	13	11	15	15	14
Low °C	12	18	13	12	19	13	13	20	17	15	23	14	14	23	14	11	16	11	11	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	21	16	12	20	16	15	24	20	15	27	19	15	24	16	12	18	11	10	15	14	13
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.4 WNW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 S	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	0.8 S	2.0 NW
Period (s)	8	11	16	15	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	12	12	11	10	10	22	10	10	19	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 S
Period (s)	10	16	13	13	15	14	13	13	13	10	6	12	5	12	16	11	11	14	21	20	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 NW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.3 N	1.3 NW	-	0.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	0.2 ESE	3.0 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	-
Period (s)	6	8	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	9	-	5	10	-	2	10	-	-	10	-

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	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	381	409	744	766	667	321	675	956	856	1593	1605	1584	3645	1395	1358	424	1176	1554	1368	1149	1099	739
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			10:29PM 1.91				10:37AM 1.80				11:02PM 1.91				11:28AM 1.61				11:29PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)					4:36AM 0.62				4:39PM 0.63				5:27AM 0.62				5:08PM 0.81				6:16AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	11	11	17	21	21	14	14	13	13	12	16	18	19	14	13	13	14	15	18
Chill °C (?)	14	13	11	9	9	17	21	21	13	12	11	11	10	15	18	19	13	12	12	13	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	15	7	16	11	11	11	16	16	15	15	15	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	15	16	13	16	16	16	13	11	18	18	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	9	9	5	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	291	178	633	621	661	409	701	730	744	1252	1275	1300	1275	1112	1134	436	990	1222	1263	1079	1189	1219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							10:29PM 1.91												10:43AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)													4:42AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	15	15	16	17	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	16	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	10	9	14	13	14	16	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	15	7	14	14	16	7	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	16	16	11	12	12	12	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	14	16	14	14	13	16	16	16	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	-	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	7	-	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10

Santa Barbara Surf Breaks

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Santa Maria Rivermouth

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The Hut - Paradise Cove

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Santa Barbara is a south facing coastline and is best surfed in the winter and the fall. SW and W swells work best but large parts are blocked by 4 channel islands that sit just off the coast. Fantastic area to explore with plenty of facilities and parking at most of the popular breaks. The whole of the area can get very crowded and locals tend to like to keep thing to themselves so respect local etiquette. There are a mixture of sand and reef breaks. Early morning sessions are always scored best.

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