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

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

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.

Santa Barbara Photos

Santa Barbara Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			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	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Cojo CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	El Capitan CAL - Santa Barbara	Main Street CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara	Jalama 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	Jalama CAL - Santa Barbara
Rating	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	1.1 SE	0.2 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	4	15	11	9	8	8	10	10	12	11	14	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	9	8
Energy(?)	121	125	50	492	303	172	145	1842	1343	2225	1325	2939	2146	2867	1214	501	314	157	93	78	70	101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:54AM 2.03		1:17AM 1.09	11:09AM 1.56		1:55AM 1.16	11:58AM 1.40		2:32AM 1.25			3:10AM 1.38		2:31PM 1.03	3:50AM 1.53		4:18PM 0.92		4:32AM 1.69	5:57PM 0.91		5:18AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		6:09PM -0.15		5:11AM 0.88	6:45PM -0.07		6:22AM 0.87		7:22PM 0.03	7:52AM 0.80		8:01PM 0.16	9:27AM 0.64		8:44PM 0.30	10:49AM 0.39		9:33PM 0.44	11:54AM 0.11		10:26PM 0.55	12:50PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	84	8	3	14	9	7	8	1	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	18	14	15	16	15	16	15	15	14	12	13	14	12	17	18	14	18	19	16	20
Low °C	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	16	14	14	12	11	13	13	11	13	14	13	16	16	15	18
Chill °C (?)	16	14	17	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	14	11	17	18	13	18	19	16	20
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 NW	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	10	12	11	14	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SSE	1.3 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	7	9	12	10	13	12	12	13	12	15	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.1 SE	2.5 SSE	-	0.4 NE	1.4 S	1.3 S	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	-	0.5 W	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	7	-	3	8	8	10	8	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	-

	Tuesday 23						Wednesday 24								Thursday 25
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	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	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.1 SE	0.4 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	4	8	15	15	15	8	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	11	10	10
Energy(?)	251	121	112	125	59	50	50	42	338	492	642	303	251	210	172	161	145	145	387	660	676	1270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:28AM 1.67					1:17AM 1.09			11:11AM 1.90					1:55AM 1.16			11:58AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	4:51AM 1.30				6:09PM -0.15				5:11AM 0.88				6:45PM -0.07				6:22AM 0.87					7:22PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	9	14	29	32	6	2	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	6	8	7	5
Temp. °C	14	16	17	16	16	16	17	18	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	13	15	16	14	14	14	15	17	14	13	12	14	14	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 WNW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	10	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.1 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	8	7	12	9	8	12	12	12	8	10	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SE	1.5 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.8 SE	1.5 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	3	4	4	5	6	7	7	-	-	8	3	4	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	9

	Tuesday 23																			Wednesday 24
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Santa Barbara	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	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Campus Point CAL - Santa Barbara	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura	Rincon - Indicator CAL - Ventura
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	5	4	8	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	282	144	119	120	121	121	124	93	112	123	208	125	74	73	59	59	59	50	50	50	50	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							10:28AM 1.67															1:17AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	4:51AM 1.30														6:09PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	6	3	3	8	9
High °C	14	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	13	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.7 SE	1.9 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7

Santa Barbara Surf Breaks

beach and reef

point

beach and reef

beach

reef and point

point

point

reef and point

point

beach and reef

reef

beach

beach and reef

beach

reef

point

sandbar

reef

point

beach and reef

beach

beach and reef

beach and point

beach and reef

beach and reef

beach/breakwater

beach

Santa Maria Rivermouth

beach

reef

beach and reef

beach

beach and reef

reef

beach and reef

beach and reef

The Hut - Paradise Cove

reef

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.

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None