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 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27
	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	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Government Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Sand Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	The Hut - Paradise Cove CAL - Santa Barbara	Tarantulas CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	3	3	1	2	2	1	3	0	2	3	0	1	2	2	0	2	1	0	4	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 W	1.3 NW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	16	16	16	15	15	17	17	17	16	15	7	9	12	12	11
Energy	761	723	260	564	648	215	589	185	489	512	162	159	636	1059	418	312	343	704	1558	1015	2243	1780
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:09AM 2.10		4:09PM 1.58	2:20AM 1.90		5:05PM 1.67	3:44AM 1.72		5:56PM 1.78		5:06AM 1.59	6:28PM 1.88		6:29AM 1.50	7:02PM 1.96		7:33AM 1.47	7:30PM 2.03		8:52AM 1.48		8:01PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		8:58AM 0.17		8:35PM 1.28	9:57AM 0.29		10:22PM 1.20	10:48AM 0.43		11:50PM 1.04	11:37AM 0.56		12:57AM 0.85	12:23PM 0.70		1:46AM 0.67	12:57PM 0.82		2:33AM 0.51	1:47PM 0.97		3:11AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	17	22	20	16	20	13	19	16	13	20	19	14	16	23	15	18	21	13	14	15	13
Low °C	19	16	22	15	14	19	12	16	16	11	15	18	10	12	22	9	14	19	10	12	15	11
Chill °C (?)	22	17	22	20	16	20	11	19	16	12	20	19	12	15	23	14	18	21	11	13	15	12
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SW	1.2 NW	0.4 SW	1.3 NW	0.5 SW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.5 NW	1.7 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	19	12	12	18	11	15	10	16	10	9	15	15	14	14	17	16	7	15	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	15	15	13	18	13	16	10	16	16	10	10	17	17	17	13	15	15	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	-	0.5 W	1.1 WNW	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 W	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	3	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	10	3	9	4	5	5	-	7	9	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Perkos CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	0	1	1	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.5 SW
Period(s)	13	13	12	19	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	10	10	10	10	16
Energy	401	407	761	358	1069	723	690	260	278	271	564	782	805	648	199	215	210	583	589	647	647	185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:09AM 2.10					4:09PM 1.58				2:24AM 1.90					5:05PM 1.67			3:44AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)						8:58AM 0.17				8:35PM 1.28				9:57AM 0.29				10:22PM 1.20				10:48AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	19	19	19	16	17	17	22	19	18	17	12	14	16	22	19	16	12	12	12	13	19
Chill °C (?)	22	19	19	19	16	17	16	22	19	18	17	10	13	16	22	19	16	11	11	12	13	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	19	12	12	12	12	12	15	11	18	18	18	11	11	15	15	10	10	10	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	12	19	19	15	15	15	12	14	13	14	12	18	18	13	12	15	16	16	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	12	5	-	-	-	3	11	4	11	11	11	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	-

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Refugio State Beach CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers 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	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	0	1	1	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	19	19	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	408	404	401	397	413	407	407	761	761	761	359	358	1151	2230	1069	1049	723	723	722	711	690	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)									1:09AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)																8:58AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	26	22	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	13	13	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	24
Chill °C (?)	27	26	22	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	12	12	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	19	19	19	12	12	19	12	12	19	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	12	19	19	12	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	12	12	12	5	5	12	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	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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