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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	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	San Augustine CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Main Street CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Pismo Beach Pier CAL - San Luis Obispo	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	16	16	13	14	15	13	14	14	20	19	6	16	16
Energy(?)	207	200	332	220	269	191	272	259	207	362	399	235	204	263	122	84	138	83	175	380	358	232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	on	off	cross	on	off	cross	cross	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:09AM 1.43	6:19PM 1.55		9:00AM 1.13	7:08PM 1.99		9:12AM 1.20	7:52PM 2.09		9:43AM 1.59		8:34PM 1.86	9:57AM 1.70		9:15PM 1.87	10:16AM 1.50		9:59PM 2.09	10:44AM 1.61		10:48PM 1.96	11:14AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	12:19PM 1.35		2:05AM 0.37	1:05PM 0.88		2:40AM 0.28	1:47PM 0.75		3:05AM 0.22		2:28PM 0.61	3:30AM -0.18		3:13PM 0.86	3:59AM -0.16		3:58PM 0.72	4:29AM 0.32		4:43PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	28	19	28	28	26	27	28	24	28	21	25	24	18	21	26	27	23	27	22	22	26
Low °C	24	27	17	26	28	24	25	27	22	21	20	21	21	17	20	23	26	21	24	20	20	23
Chill °C (?)	26	28	19	28	28	26	27	28	24	28	21	25	24	18	21	26	27	23	27	22	22	26
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	5	16	15	15	14	13	13	6	6	9	13	5	14	13	13	18	16	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	18	18	10	5	16	16	8	18	18	16	16	13	14	15	8	14	11	10	19	15	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.0 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	5	-	4	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	-	6	5	4	5	5	6	6	6	6

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	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Oceano CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	San Augustine CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura
Rating	2	0	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	310	207	235	200	277	405	268	324	284	376	228	237	318	307	320	277	328	272	264	212	279	308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		8:55AM 1.09			6:20PM 1.88					9:13AM 1.45			7:08PM 1.99					9:19AM 1.52			7:52PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)			12:07PM 1.33					2:06AM 0.37			1:05PM 0.88					2:33AM -0.09			1:47PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	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	16	26	26	27	25	16	26	23	24	25	28	28	24	22	25	25	24	27	28	27	22	25
Chill °C (?)	16	26	26	27	25	15	26	23	24	25	28	28	24	22	25	25	24	27	28	27	22	25
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	5	15	15	16	16	5	16	16	6	6	15	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	18	18	18	18	10	15	10	10	9	5	16	16	16	16	16	15	8	5	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	4	9	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5

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	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	Oceano CAL - San Luis Obispo	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	San Augustine CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Rivermouth CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Beavers CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura
Rating	2	0	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	17	14	15	14	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	372	277	247	235	399	456	207	367	246	416	234	188	222	303	195	240	249	187	184	236	287	250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				8:55AM 1.09	9:02AM 1.41									6:20PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)								12:08PM 1.33														2:01AM 0.01
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	22	22	25	26	21	26	27	27	22	28	27	29	28	26	26	22	25	26	25	23	26
Chill °C (?)	16	22	22	25	26	21	26	27	27	22	28	27	29	28	26	26	22	25	26	25	23	26
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.2 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	18	10	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	10	16	9	17	17	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	7	4	7	7	4	9	9	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5

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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