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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Santa Barbara Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Santa Barbara Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Santa Barbara Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Santa Barbara Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Santa Barbara Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Santa Barbara Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Santa Barbara Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Santa Barbara Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Santa Barbara Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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7 day 48 hour

	Mon	Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21
	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	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	1	2	3	2	3	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 NW	0.6 W	0.3 SSW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	19	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	13	13	5	13	13	7	5	13	8	8
Energy(?)	86	217	383	329	438	385	371	353	249	284	169	320	102	70	25	139	60	151	17	32	192	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	on	glass	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:39AM 1.85		2:29PM 1.72	1:37AM 1.64		3:03PM 1.81	2:47AM 1.43		3:53PM 1.92	4:38AM 1.28		4:43PM 2.02		6:35AM 1.25	5:38PM 2.12		8:08AM 1.32	6:34PM 2.22		9:11AM 1.40	7:29PM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)		7:39AM 0.41		8:08PM 1.04	8:14AM 0.57		9:26PM 0.94	8:52AM 0.74		11:00PM 0.76	9:38AM 0.91		12:19AM 0.55	10:36AM 1.05		1:24AM 0.34	11:47AM 1.14		2:20AM 0.16	12:56PM 1.17		3:09AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	16	15	15	17	15	17	18	17	23	18	15	22	25	15	23	18	22	23	18	16
Low °C	14	14	15	13	14	16	13	15	17	14	22	17	12	20	25	12	20	18	21	21	17	13
Chill °C (?)	18	15	15	14	15	17	14	17	18	16	23	17	14	22	25	13	23	17	22	23	17	15
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 S	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	15	15	15	16	13	5	14	13	6	14	5	7	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NW	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 NW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	14	19	18	18	16	16	16	10	18	9	10	16	13	10	9	13	9	14	13	9	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	1.0 NW	-	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.5 NW	-	1.2 NW	-	-	1.2 NW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	-	9	5	5	5	6	-	7	-	-	8	8

	Mon		Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16								Thursday 17
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama 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	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	21	14	10	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	142	168	141	199	217	127	214	383	442	333	329	326	413	438	504	380	376	371	371	366	362	353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:39AM 1.85					2:29PM 1.72			1:37AM 1.64					3:09PM 1.82				2:54AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)					7:39AM 0.41					8:08PM 1.04				8:14AM 0.57				9:32PM 0.93				8:52AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	13	14	21	21	15	15	13	13	13	14	15	17	16	15	13	13	13	15	17
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	13	13	21	21	15	14	12	13	13	14	15	17	16	14	12	12	12	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	10	14	14	10	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Santa Barbara Surf Breaks

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beach and reef

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beach and reef

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Santa Maria Rivermouth

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reef

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beach and reef

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beach and reef

beach and reef

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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