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Government Point Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
Government Point surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 13 Mar 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at Government Point today?
The current surf forecast for Government Point at 2PM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Mar) | 7ft (2.2m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (13 Mar) | 11ft (3.5m) | 14s |
| Evening (13 Mar) | 11ft (3.5m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Government Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 957 | 3865 | 4007 | 4249 | 4214 | 4040 | 3644 | 3128 | 2814 | 4701 | 3322 | 3151 | 3372 | 3313 | 2691 | 2739 | 2629 | 3987 | 2679 | 2817 | 2919 | 2499 | 2078 | 1857 | 1430 | 1173 | 967 | 782 | 734 | 798 | 798 | 843 | 1762 | 2015 | 2148 | 2643 | 2005 | 2342 | 4696 | 5784 | 5491 | 4496 | 3810 | 3214 | 2587 | 2210 | 2810 | 1581 | 1354 | 1030 | 1323 | 936 | 920 | 483 | 379 | 645 | 515 | 222 | 311 | 533 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:56AM 1.99 | 10:41PM 1.80 | 10:33AM 1.90 | 11:02PM 1.84 | 11:11AM 1.78 | 11:24PM 1.87 | 11:50AM 1.65 | 11:46PM 1.88 | 12:34PM 1.50 | 12:09AM 1.86 | 1:27PM 1.36 | 12:35AM 1.83 | 2:48PM 1.24 | 1:06AM 1.79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:26PM 0.43 | 4:31AM 0.71 | 4:50PM 0.54 | 5:08AM 0.65 | 5:12PM 0.67 | 5:46AM 0.62 | 5:33PM 0.81 | 6:26AM 0.61 | 5:51PM 0.95 | 7:12AM 0.64 | 6:03PM 1.07 | 8:08AM 0.68 | 6:00PM 1.17 | 9:24AM 0.70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 |
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Rain (mm) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 14 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
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