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

	Tue		Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Oceano CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Surf Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Main Street CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	0	0	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	5	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WNW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	18	17	16	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	10	10	10
Energy(?)	406	1461	1407	1727	1197	500	782	810	667	3312	4041	499	1455	331	252	270	273	394	811	2048	2779	1789
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:17PM 0.91	4:50AM 1.41		8:22PM 0.98	5:48AM 1.90		8:49PM 1.45	6:31AM 2.00		8:51PM 1.47	7:15AM 2.09		9:18PM 1.50	7:52AM 2.15		9:30PM 1.57	8:25AM 2.19		10:00PM 1.62	9:06AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)		9:52PM 0.91	12:56PM 0.02		11:32PM 0.89		1:33PM -0.09	12:32AM 1.28		2:04PM 0.30	1:01AM 1.17		2:39PM 0.23	1:43AM 1.11		3:08PM 0.19	2:16AM 1.00		3:29PM 0.19	3:01AM 0.94		4:01PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	34	6	4	10	5	3
High °C	15	14	15	14	12	18	14	12	22	16	13	18	14	14	15	15	14	12	12	13	12	11
Low °C	15	12	14	14	11	15	13	11	18	14	12	17	13	13	15	13	11	12	10	11	10	9
Chill °C (?)	13	12	15	14	12	18	12	10	22	14	11	18	13	14	14	14	12	10	10	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:45	-
Sunset	5:36	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 S	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	18	17	16	14	14	14	13	15	7	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	14	15	12	14	18	13	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	16	12	7	12	-	14	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SE	2.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	-	1.7 NW	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 SE	0.7 SE	2.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	4	8	-	-	-	3	4	6	-	11	-	2	-	-	2	4	6	7	7	10	10	10

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Faria CAL - Ventura	Oceano CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	7	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	501	406	374	344	502	2493	882	1663	1097	794	828	1398	1312	1163	847	759	335	689	723	706	1020	1543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				8:17PM 0.91			4:50AM 1.41					8:23PM 1.37			5:48AM 1.90					8:40PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	12:09PM 0.15			9:52PM 0.91					12:55PM 0.51				11:23PM 1.30					1:33PM 0.39			12:21AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	15	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	15	15	13	12	12	12	11	14	17	18	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	15	13	13	14	13	11	13	12	15	15	12	12	12	11	10	13	17	18	11	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 SW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	7	12	10	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 S	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	3	4	4	5	6	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	11	11	6	6	10

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Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Faria CAL - Ventura	Oceano CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 W	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	612	599	501	497	478	1191	255	1221	500	501	541	1181	1511	1879	1565	1703	1495	1910	1903	3968	2688	2305
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											8:11PM 1.31								4:50AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			12:09PM 0.15									9:40PM 1.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	14	15	12	13	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 W	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	14	14	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	13	12	12	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SSE	2.2 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	4	3	6	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	8	10	10	10	11	-

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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