Surf Forecast Surf Report

Sand Beach surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 14 Mar 2025 PDT
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Sand Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sand Beach sea temperature is
12.1° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Sand Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sand Beach at 3PM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 14). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (14 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (14 Mar)6ft (1.9m)9s

Table - waves today at Sand Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.9
W
2.1
W
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)13131389910111212121313131212121212121216161616151214141414131313131313131313121212121212116666666111111111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1138892976415548726973102790889010251509173343367754937330830324623225029568870634442230115176428261581135611749461041903803681576482400333303322199148100108132255338283148173441170176390411
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
20
E
15
E
5
SE
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
N
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
WNW
10
W
5
NW
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
1.91
10:54PM
1.86
11:03AM
1.80
11:16PM
1.88
11:41AM
1.66
11:38PM
1.89
12:23PM
1.51
12:00AM
1.87
1:14PM
1.36
12:25AM
1.83
2:32PM
1.23
12:56AM
1.79
1:40AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:43PM
0.53
5:00AM
0.63
5:04PM
0.66
5:37AM
0.61
5:24PM
0.80
6:17AM
0.61
5:41PM
0.94
7:02AM
0.64
5:53PM
1.06
7:58AM
0.69
5:47PM
1.16
9:15AM
0.72
10:53AM
0.68
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise7:11-------7:09-------7:09-------7:07-------7:05-------7:05-------7:03-------7:01---
Sunset---7:06-------7:06-------7:07-------7:07-------7:08-------7:09-------7:09-------7:10
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Rain (mm)
244---------------------------------------------------------
Temp. °C88101010987713181812111111111517161313131214141615109889151920151313131420212016151413121921201513131112161918
Feels °C (?)54787532310131387888131413111110912111075433412151712999101717151212109815151310910810141615
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