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Sands Beach Surf Report and Forecast

Latest Conditions and Today's Tides

Swell

7.5ft @ 9secs
289°

Wind

24mph
298° -

Temperature

Sea 56°f    Air 58°f
 
 

Tides, sunrise and sunset at Santa Barbara, California
Hours from midnight
First Light: 5:20am - Sunrise: 5:48am
Sunset: 8:04pm - Last Light 8:33pm
(Santa Barbara, California - 11.2mi away) [Help]
low 7:36am -0.2ft
high 2:46pm 3.4ft
low 6:47pm 2.8ft
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Sands Beach Long Range Surf ForecastTry New Forecast Layout

  Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
  6am 12pm 6pm 6am 12pm 6pm 6am 12pm 6pm 6am 12pm 6pm 6am 12pm 6pm 6am 12pm 6pm 6am 12pm 6pm
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Swell Height
Swell Period Wind
Swell Chart Period Chart Wind Chart
Chart Region:  
    Swell Rating   Prob Height Period Dir Wind (Gust) Weather
Fri
05/25  
12am
Star Star
7ft
10secs 290°
15 20
mph
NW - Cross/offshore - 322° Clear 58f
  3am
Star Star
100% 7.5ft
10secs 289°
13 18
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 339° Clear 56f
  6am
Grey Star Grey Star
100% 7.5ft
10secs 290°
18 21
mph
NW - Cross shore - 315° Sunny 57f
  9am
Grey Star Grey Star
100% 7.5ft
10secs 290°
22 23
mph
WNW - Cross/onshore - 303° Sunny 61f
  12pm
Grey Star Grey Star
100% 7.5ft
10secs 290°
25 27
mph
WNW - Cross/onshore - 294° Sunny 60f
  3pm
Grey Star Grey Star
100% 7.5ft
9secs 289°
24 27
mph
WNW - Cross/onshore - 298° Sunny 58f
  6pm
Grey Star Grey Star
100% 7.5ft
9secs 290°
20 26
mph
NW - Cross/onshore - 307° Sunny 55f
  9pm
Grey Star Grey Star
100% 7ft
10secs 289°
17 21
mph
NW - Cross shore - 314° Clear 52f
Sat
05/26  
12am
Grey Star Grey Star
100% 7ft
10secs 288°
14 18
mph
NW - Cross shore - 320° Clear 52f
  3am
Star Star
100% 6.5ft
10secs 288°
11 15
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 330° Clear 52f
  6am
Star Star
100% 6ft
10secs 287°
11 14
mph
NW - Cross/offshore - 321° Sunny 56f
  9am
Grey Star Grey Star
100% 6ft
10secs 287°
15 15
mph
W - Onshore - 281° Sunny 62f
  12pm
Grey Star Grey Star
100% 6ft
10secs 286°
18 19
mph
W - Onshore - 278° Sunny 64f
  3pm
Grey Star Grey Star
100% 6ft
10secs 287°
19 21
mph
WNW - Onshore - 290° Sunny 64f
  6pm
Grey Star Grey Star
100% 6ft
10secs 289°
18 22
mph
NW - Cross/onshore - 309° Sunny 59f
  9pm
Star Star
100% 5.5ft
10secs 290°
13 15
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 331° Clear 57f
Sun
05/27  
12am
Star Star
100% 5ft
10secs 290°
11 14
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 333° Clear 57f
  3am
Star Star
100% 4.5ft
10secs 289°
10 11
mph
NNW - Offshore - 344° Clear 58f
  6am
Star
Warning 100% 4ft
9secs 288°
6 8
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 340° Sunny 63f
  9am
Grey Star
Warning 100% 4ft
9secs 287°
8 9
mph
W - Onshore - 278° Sunny 69f
  12pm
Star
Warning 100% 4ft
9secs 286°
13 14
mph
W - Onshore - 271° Sunny 71f
  3pm
Grey Star
Warning 100% 4.5ft
8secs 286°
15 18
mph
WNW - Onshore - 284° Sunny 70f
  6pm
Grey Star
100% 4.5ft
8secs 289°
14 18
mph
NW - Cross shore - 314° Sunny 65f
  9pm
Star
Warning 100% 4.5ft
8secs 290°
10 12
mph
NNW - Offshore - 344° Clear 64f
Mon
05/28  
12am
Star
Warning 100% 4ft
8secs 290°
9 11
mph
N - Offshore - 356° Clear 65f
  3am
Star
100% 3.5ft
8secs 290°
9 11
mph
NNE - Offshore - 12° Clear 66f
  6am
Star
Warning 100% 3.5ft
8secs 288°
7 8
mph
N - Offshore - 11° Sunny 71f
  9am
Grey Star
Warning 100% 3.5ft
8secs 287°
7 8
mph
WNW - Onshore - 286° Sunny 77f
  12pm
Grey Star
100% 4ft
8secs 286°
13 15
mph
W - Onshore - 277° Sunny 77f
  3pm
Grey Star
90% 5.5ft
8secs 288°
17 21
mph
WNW - Cross/onshore - 293° Sunny 74f
  6pm
Star
90% 6ft
8secs 290°
17 22
mph
NW - Cross shore - 318° Sunny 67f
  9pm
Star
90% 5.5ft
8secs 291°
14 18
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 332° Clear 64f
Tue
05/29  
12am
Star
90% 5.5ft
8secs 291°
12 15
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 335° Clear 64f
  3am
Star
100% 5.5ft
8secs 290°
10 13
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 339° Clear 64f
  6am
Star
100% 5ft
8secs 288°
8 10
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 329° Sunny 68f
  9am
Star
100% 5ft
8secs 287°
11 12
mph
W - Onshore - 280° Sunny 73f
  12pm
Star
100% 5ft
8secs 286°
15 16
mph
W - Onshore - 275° Sunny 72f
  3pm
Grey Star
85% 5.5ft
8secs 287°
16 18
mph
WNW - Onshore - 286° Sunny 70f
  6pm
Star
85% 5.5ft
8secs 288°
15 18
mph
NW - Cross shore - 313° Sunny 65f
  9pm
Star
95% 5ft
8secs 289°
11 14
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 332° Clear 64f
Wed
05/30  
12am
Star
95% 4.5ft
8secs 289°
9 11
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 339° Clear 65f
  3am
Star
95% 4.5ft
8secs 288°
7 9
mph
N - Offshore - 349° Clear 66f
  6am
Star
Warning 95% 4ft
9secs 287°
5 7
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 331° Sunny 70f
  9am
Grey Star
76% 4ft
9secs 287°
8 8
mph
W - Onshore - 271° Sunny 76f
  12pm
Star
Warning 76% 4ft
9secs 286°
12 13
mph
W - Onshore - 267° Sunny 76f
  3pm
Star
Warning 76% 4.5ft
9secs 287°
14 17
mph
WNW - Onshore - 287° Sunny 74f
  6pm
Star
Warning 76% 4ft
8secs 289°
13 16
mph
NW - Cross/offshore - 321° Sunny 69f
  9pm
Star
Warning 59% 4ft
8secs 289°
9 11
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 339° Clear 69f
Thu
05/31  
12am
Star
Warning 59% 3.5ft
9secs 288°
7 9
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 339° Clear 70f
  3am
Star
39% 4ft
9secs 289°
6 8
mph
NNW - Offshore - 347° Clear 71f
  6am
Star
39% 3.5ft
9secs 288°
4 5
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 333° Sunny 74f
  9am
Grey Star
85% 3.5ft
9secs 287°
7 8
mph
WSW - Onshore - 253° Sunny 78f
  12pm
Star
85% 3.5ft
9secs 286°
12 13
mph
W - Onshore - 261° Sunny 76f
  3pm
Star
43% 3.5ft
9secs 286°
12 14
mph
WNW - Onshore - 284° Sunny 75f
  6pm
Grey Star
43% 3.5ft
9secs 288°
11 13
mph
NW - Cross shore - 317° Sunny 71f
  9pm
Star
Warning 35% 3.5ft
9secs 288°
8 11
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 332° Clear 70f
Long Range Regional Forecast (Santa Barbara - West)
Fri
06/1  
12am
Grey Star
35% 7ft
7secs 302°
20
mph
NNW - Cross/offshore - 335° Clear 70f
  3am
Star
Warning 27% 5ft
8secs 302°
1
mph
W - Onshore - 259° Clear 70f
  6am
Star
Warning 27% 5ft
8secs 302°
1
mph
W - Onshore - 259° Clear 70f
  9am
Grey Star
34% 3.5ft
8secs 297°
12
mph
WNW - Onshore - 288° Sunny 73f
  12pm
Grey Star
34% 3.5ft
8secs 297°
12
mph
WNW - Onshore - 288° Sunny 73f
  3pm
Grey Star Grey Star
43% 5.5ft
10secs 298°
18
mph
WNW - Onshore - 285° Sunny 71f
  6pm
Grey Star Grey Star
43% 5.5ft
10secs 298°
18
mph
WNW - Onshore - 285° Sunny 71f
  9pm
Star
51% 5.5ft
9secs 300°
16
mph
NW - Cross shore - 312° Clear 65f
Sat
06/2  
12am
Star
51% 5.5ft
9secs 300°
16
mph
NW - Cross shore - 312° Clear 65f
  3am
Star Grey Star
45% 5.5ft
10secs 299°
13
mph
NW - Cross/onshore - 310° Clear 65f
  6am
Star Grey Star
45% 5.5ft
10secs 299°
13
mph
NW - Cross/onshore - 310° Clear 65f
  9am
Grey Star Grey Star
42% 5.5ft
10secs 296°
11
mph
W - Onshore - 277° Sunny 68f
  12pm
Grey Star Grey Star
42% 5.5ft
10secs 296°
11
mph
W - Onshore - 277° Sunny 68f
  3pm
Grey Star Grey Star Grey Star
22% 6ft
12secs 298°
25
mph
NW - Cross/onshore - 306° Sunny 79f
  6pm
Grey Star Grey Star Grey Star
22% 6ft
12secs 298°
25
mph
NW - Cross/onshore - 306° Sunny 79f
  9pm
Star Grey Star
36% 9ft
8secs 302°
22
mph
NW - Cross/offshore - 321° Clear 79f
Sun
06/3  
12am
Star Grey Star
36% 9ft
8secs 302°
22
mph
NW - Cross/offshore - 321° Clear 79f
  3am
Star Star
Warning 41% 4.5ft
12secs 294°
12
mph
NW - Cross/offshore - 322° Clear 53f
  6am
Star Star
Warning 41% 4.5ft
12secs 294°
12
mph
NW - Cross/offshore - 322° Clear 53f
  9am
Star Star
Warning 36% 3.5ft
12secs 297°
17
mph
NW - Cross/offshore - 323° Sunny 53f
  12pm
Star Star
Warning 36% 3.5ft
12secs 297°
17
mph
NW - Cross/offshore - 323° Sunny 53f
  3pm
Grey Star Grey Star
45% 8.5ft
8secs 301°
27
mph
NW - Cross/onshore - 306° Mostly Sunny 70f
  6pm
Grey Star Grey Star
45% 8.5ft
8secs 301°
27
mph
NW - Cross/onshore - 306° Mostly Sunny 70f
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Last Model Run: 25th May 2012 5:00am
Last Update: 25th May 2012 6:51pm
All times local time (PST) unless otherwise stated.
View Regional Wave BuoysNearby Wave Buoy Data
Goleta Point, CA
(46216)
Swell7.5ft 7secs
5:00pm Fri 25th May
SANTA BARB E - 12NM Southwest of Santa Barbara, CA
(46053)
Swell7.5ft 6secs
Wind29mph 
5:00pm Fri 25th May
Anacapa Passage, CA
(46217)
Swell9ft 7secs
5:00pm Fri 25th May
Swell from these wavebuoys might not reach this beach. This is intended as a general overview of swell running in the area. Click a buoy for detailed location information.
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