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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	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	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Oceano CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	4	4	2	5	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	0.5 S	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	0.7 SSW	1.8 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	20	12	13	18	12	16	16	8	9	9	9	9	20	20	18	18	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1282	1410	292	1923	3345	423	1475	830	453	839	804	545	945	973	758	807	1037	610	764	431	284	472
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:32AM 1.70			9:28PM 1.39	5:01AM 1.72		8:54PM 1.44	6:11AM 1.79		9:00PM 1.49	7:04AM 1.88		9:12PM 1.55	7:48AM 1.96		9:27PM 1.62	8:26AM 2.02		9:44PM 1.72	9:11AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)			12:22PM 0.63		10:03PM 1.39	1:16PM 0.53		12:17AM 1.35	1:55PM 0.44		1:12AM 1.25		2:26PM 0.37	1:54AM 1.14		2:54PM 0.33	2:32AM 1.00		3:21PM 0.32	3:11AM 0.84		3:47PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	19	18	19	26	25	18	22	22	15	23	20	16	18	18	19	21	20	19	26	21
Low °C	14	11	14	18	17	17	23	16	16	19	14	18	19	14	15	18	17	18	20	18	22	20
Chill °C (?)	14	13	19	18	19	26	25	17	22	22	14	23	20	16	18	18	19	21	20	19	26	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	7:05	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	2.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 S	1.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.3 WNW	0.7 S	2.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	22	9	9	19	13	8	18	16	8	16	15	9	14	9	8	8	8	18	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 W	0.5 NW
Period (s)	11	21	20	18	18	18	15	15	16	11	13	14	22	20	20	20	18	8	8	8	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	-	-	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	-	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	12	13	-	12	8	-	8	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	San Augustine 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	Campus Point 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	Perkos CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	0	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 S	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	19	12	13	13	12	12	18	18	18	17	17	16	9
Energy(?)	130	409	1030	1133	1410	1389	1368	1305	1242	432	1660	1573	3345	1561	1410	1000	790	463	892	907	830	829
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						3:32AM 1.70						9:28PM 1.39			5:01AM 1.72					8:54PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)									12:22PM 0.63			10:03PM 1.39					1:16PM 0.53				12:17AM 1.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	15	11	12	13	13	14	16	19	21	17	18	18	18	18	22	25	28	18	18	18	16
Chill °C (?)	18	15	9	10	13	12	14	16	19	21	16	18	18	18	18	22	25	28	17	18	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 S	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	9	21	21	9	9	9	9	12	11	19	13	13	12	12	9	9	18	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 NW	0.8 S	0.3 NW	0.3 SW	0.7 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	22	11	13	13	21	13	12	20	20	19	18	19	18	18	18	12	18	12	17	12	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.8 NW	-	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	5	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	12	-	13	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	8	9

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	San Augustine 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	Campus Point 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	Perkos CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	0	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WNW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	0.8 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 NW	0.6 S	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	21	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	133	848	865	865	1333	1282	1282	2606	1030	246	1150	1133	1591	2796	1410	2606	1084	582	1017	1094	1060	1105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																	3:32AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)
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	18	16	14	14	14	15	14	12	11	14	11	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	16	13	13	12	14	12	10	9	14	8	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 NW	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	11	9	22	22	22	22	22	10	21	9	21	21	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	21	13	11	13	13	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	-	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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