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.

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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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Oceano CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Oceano CAL - San Luis Obispo	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	1	3	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 W	2.1 W	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	0.6 W	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	14	14	8	8	9	8	10	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	10	6	9	9	9
Energy(?)	327	401	284	257	665	736	347	303	1462	897	4552	1730	1376	1546	886	385	486	676	50	172	131	146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:46PM 1.56	8:23AM 1.79		9:54PM 1.63	8:58AM 1.77		10:17PM 1.71	9:36AM 1.69		10:35PM 1.40	10:16AM 1.55		11:03PM 1.48	11:02AM 1.36		11:41PM 1.92	12:09PM 1.53		12:12AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		3:20PM 0.21	2:29AM 1.03		3:24PM -0.28	2:56AM 0.92		3:45PM -0.26	3:37AM 0.84		4:16PM -0.15		4:17AM 0.30	4:42PM -0.02		5:06AM 0.24	5:12PM 0.61		6:16AM 0.68	5:39PM 0.78		7:13AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	36	4	4	-	2	12	-	-	8	14	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	9	12	11	6	13	12	10	15	15	14	17
Low °C	15	14	12	12	12	10	13	12	8	11	11	8	12	8	5	10	10	8	13	13	12	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	11	10	9	10	12	10	9	11	10	9	9	9	2	13	10	8	15	14	13	17
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 S	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	3.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.4 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	14	14	15	14	7	8	8	9	13	15	13	13	12	15	15	10	14	14	6	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	16	6	15	14	13	13	13	16	13	12	12	15	12	11	14	11	16	9	14	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.9 ESE	2.4 S	1.6 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.5 N	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	3	4	4	7	7	8	8	4	8	10	-	-	-	12	10	4	10	10	-	5	5	4

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Hobson County Park CAL - Ventura	Oceano CAL - San Luis Obispo	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Hobson County Park CAL - Ventura	Solimar Reef CAL - Ventura	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura
Rating	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.8 SSE	0.7 WNW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	15	15	6	14	7	7	7	8	8	13	13	13	10	9
Energy(?)	184	957	1226	246	245	401	153	201	504	344	425	257	707	630	435	785	736	959	1111	459	336	303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				7:48AM 1.76				9:11PM 1.17				8:23AM 1.79				9:47PM 1.24				9:00AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		1:57AM 1.14				3:03PM 0.19				2:16AM 0.55				3:24PM -0.28				2:56AM 0.92				3:50PM -0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	12	24	3	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	13	14	12	13	13	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	9	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 S	1.4 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 WNW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	7	8	8	8	13	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.2 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	12	6	8	8	15	15	15	14	7	13	13	8	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	-	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.8 SSE	2.4 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 W	1.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.0 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	4	4	2	3	4	-	3	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	3	10	4

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Hobson County Park CAL - Ventura	Oceano CAL - San Luis Obispo	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Hobson County Park CAL - Ventura	Solimar Reef CAL - Ventura	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura
Rating	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 W	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	14	14
Energy(?)	184	1230	1845	331	341	433	175	173	422	267	253	246	247	244	245	199	456	739	1393	578	264	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)										7:48AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)				1:41AM 0.64														3:03PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	13	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	16	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	-	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3

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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