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Sands Beach Surf Report and Forecast

Latest Conditions and Today's Tides

Swell

2.5m @ 10secs
290°

Wind

31kph
318° -

Temperature

Sea 13°c    Air 14°c
 
 

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 -0.1m
high 2:46pm 1m
low 6:47pm 0.8m
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Swell Height
Swell Period Wind
Swell Chart Period Chart Wind Chart
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Fri 25/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 2.14m 10secs 289.13°             2.14m 10secs 289.52°
3am 2.37m 10secs 287.18°             2.37m 10secs 289.76°
6am 2.47m 10secs 288.13°             2.47m 10secs 290.03°
9am 2.43m 10secs 288.21°             2.43m 10secs 289.73°
12pm 2.54m 10secs 288.65°             2.54m 10secs 289.38°
3pm 2.58m 9secs 288.73°             2.58m 9secs 289.37°
6pm 2.41m 10secs 289.11° 0.08m 17secs 163.54°       2.41m 10secs 289.49°
9pm 2.25m 10secs 288.98° 0.08m 17secs 162.61°       2.25m 10secs 288.79°
Sat 26/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 2.14m 10secs 289.28° 0.08m 17secs 162.22°       2.14m 10secs 288.17°
3am 2m 10secs 289.48° 0.09m 16secs 162.04°       1.99m 10secs 287.94°
6am 1.86m 10secs 291.15° 0.09m 16secs 162.19°       1.86m 10secs 287.67°
9am 1.8m 10secs 292.02° 0.1m 16secs 162.34°       1.8m 10secs 286.98°
12pm 1.79m 10secs 293.08° 0.1m 16secs 161.33° 0.06m 14secs 230.32° 1.79m 10secs 286.5°
3pm 1.84m 10secs 293.72° 0.1m 16secs 161.34° 0.06m 14secs 236.57° 1.83m 10secs 286.92°
6pm 1.87m 10secs 294.6° 0.1m 15secs 161.34° 0.06m 14secs 234.85° 1.87m 10secs 289.34°
9pm 1.73m 10secs 293.42° 0.09m 15secs 159.84° 0.06m 14secs 236.8° 1.73m 10secs 289.82°
Sun 27/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.6m 10secs 293.84° 0.33m 13secs 290.34° 0.09m 15secs 160.05° 1.56m 10secs 289.15°
3am 1.45m 9secs 294.38° 1.4m 9secs 288.63° 0.35m 13secs 291.78°      
6am 1.31m 9secs 293.07° 1.25m 9secs 287.89° 0.38m 12secs 291.26°      
9am 1.21m 9secs 293.78° 1.14m 9secs 287.02° 0.39m 12secs 292.04°      
12pm 1.22m 9secs 294.76° 0.38m 12secs 292.33° 0.08m 14secs 163.15° 1.15m 9secs 285.65°
3pm 1.33m 12secs 291.85° 0.43m 12secs 292.86° 0.1m 14secs 164.47° 1.25m 9secs 285.89°
6pm 1.41m 8secs 288.64° 0.37m 12secs 292.39° 0.1m 14secs 162.79° 1.35m 8secs 289.12°
9pm 1.34m 8secs 288.83° 0.37m 11secs 293.06° 0.1m 14secs 163.03° 1.29m 8secs 290.51°
Mon 28/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.26m 8secs 289.67° 0.38m 11secs 293.34° 0.1m 14secs 163.05° 1.19m 8secs 290.56°
3am 1.19m 8secs 290.15° 1.14m 8secs 290.02° 0.32m 11secs 292.8°      
6am 1.14m 8secs 289.96° 1.09m 8secs 288.25° 0.33m 11secs 293.41°      
9am 1.11m 8secs 289.85° 1.06m 8secs 287.25° 0.3m 11secs 292.71°      
12pm 1.2m 8secs 289.49° 0.29m 11secs 293.44° 0.08m 13secs 162.4° 1.16m 8secs 286.15°
3pm 1.5m 8secs 288.09° 0.09m 13secs 163.5° 0.06m 15secs 241.15° 1.5m 8secs 287.63°
6pm 1.72m 8secs 288.6° 0.1m 13secs 163.39° 0.06m 15secs 239.29° 1.71m 8secs 289.88°
9pm 1.72m 8secs 289.88° 0.09m 15secs 163.51° 0.06m 15secs 239.81° 1.72m 8secs 290.85°
Tue 29/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.65m 8secs 290.54° 0.11m 14secs 161.92° 0.06m 15secs 239.43° 1.64m 8secs 290.65°
3am 1.57m 8secs 290.12° 0.09m 14secs 163.77° 0.07m 15secs 302.37° 1.56m 8secs 289.91°
6am 1.48m 8secs 289.74° 0.1m 14secs 302.74° 0.1m 14secs 163.8° 1.47m 8secs 288.36°
9am 1.4m 8secs 290.08° 0.13m 14secs 301.44° 0.1m 14secs 163.92° 1.39m 8secs 287.23°
12pm 1.42m 8secs 290.33° 0.17m 14secs 302.23° 0.1m 14secs 164.4° 1.4m 8secs 286.33°
3pm 1.47m 8secs 290.26° 0.21m 13secs 300.61° 0.11m 14secs 165.13° 1.44m 8secs 286.85°
6pm 1.47m 8secs 290.31° 0.24m 13secs 301.65° 0.1m 13secs 165.09° 1.44m 8secs 288.35°
9pm 1.39m 8secs 290.47° 0.27m 12secs 300.8° 0.11m 13secs 165.32° 1.35m 8secs 288.99°
Wed 30/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.29m 8secs 290.8° 0.31m 12secs 301.11° 0.11m 13secs 165.6° 1.25m 8secs 288.62°
3am 1.21m 8secs 291.3° 0.34m 12secs 300.09° 0.11m 13secs 165.83° 1.15m 8secs 287.68°
6am 1.15m 8secs 291.48° 1.08m 8secs 286.98° 0.36m 11secs 298.67°      
9am 1.13m 9secs 291.79° 0.38m 11secs 298.42° 0.11m 13secs 166.64° 1.05m 9secs 286.19°
12pm 1.18m 11secs 293.66° 0.45m 11secs 297.05° 0.11m 13secs 166.92° 1.09m 9secs 285.18°
3pm 1.26m 10secs 293.82° 0.61m 10secs 293.44° 0.11m 13secs 167.14° 1.1m 8secs 285.41°
6pm 1.29m 10secs 294.37° 0.54m 10secs 294.76° 0.11m 12secs 167.43° 1.16m 9secs 288.18°
9pm 1.23m 10secs 294.63° 0.12m 12secs 167.13° 0.05m 13secs 235.43° 1.22m 10secs 290.25°
Thu 31/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.14m 10secs 295.1° 0.12m 12secs 167.54° 0.05m 13secs 235.43° 1.14m 10secs 290°
3am 1.07m 10secs 293.82° 1.06m 10secs 289.24° 0.12m 12secs 167.82°      
6am 1.03m 10secs 293.84° 1.02m 10secs 288.65° 0.12m 12secs 167.99°      
9am 1m 10secs 293.6° 0.1m 12secs 169.08° 0.05m 13secs 166.03° 1m 10secs 287.51°
12pm 1.04m 9secs 293.9° 0.1m 12secs 169.25° 0.06m 13secs 304.14° 1.03m 9secs 286.12°
3pm 1.1m 9secs 294° 0.11m 13secs 303.25° 0.1m 12secs 169.43° 1.09m 9secs 286.73°
6pm 1.14m 9secs 294.03° 0.16m 13secs 302.25° 0.1m 11secs 169.08° 1.12m 9secs 289.43°
9pm 1.12m 9secs 294.16° 0.25m 12secs 301.27° 0.1m 11secs 169.29° 1.08m 9secs 290.38°
Fri 1/06
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 6.4m 8secs 304.59° 1.93m 8secs 300.86° 0.6m 12secs 223.91°      
3am 4.2m 8secs 293.88° 1.21m 8secs 293.79° 1.1m 11secs 301.92°      
6am 4.2m 8secs 293.88° 1.21m 8secs 293.79° 1.1m 11secs 301.92°      
9am 4.3m 8secs 292.87° 1.2m 8secs 293.49° 1.5m 11secs 300.12°      
12pm 4.3m 8secs 292.87° 1.2m 8secs 293.49° 1.5m 11secs 300.12°      
3pm 5.1m 8secs 296.22° 1.51m 8secs 294.98° 0.6m 17secs 298.87°      
6pm 5.1m 8secs 296.22° 1.51m 8secs 294.98° 0.6m 17secs 298.87°      
9pm 6.7m 8secs 300.84° 2.03m 8secs 300.81° 0.6m 14secs 222.95°      
Sat 2/06
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 6.7m 8secs 300.84° 2.03m 8secs 300.81° 0.6m 14secs 222.95°      
3am 6.6m 8secs 300.13° 1.72m 8secs 297.51° 2.7m 10secs 288.94°      
6am 6.6m 8secs 300.13° 1.72m 8secs 297.51° 2.7m 10secs 288.94°      
9am 7.8m 8secs 301.74° 2.7m 14secs 299.43° 0.7m 13secs 220.68° 2.21m 8secs 297.42°
12pm 7.8m 8secs 301.74° 2.7m 14secs 299.43° 0.7m 13secs 220.68° 2.21m 8secs 297.42°
3pm 4.3m 12secs 298.35° 1.13m 12secs 297.88° 0.5m 13secs 218.59° 2m 3secs 274.46°
6pm 4.3m 12secs 298.35° 1.13m 12secs 297.88° 0.5m 13secs 218.59° 2m 3secs 274.46°
9pm 8m 12secs 298.58° 1.32m 12secs 298.42° 0.6m 13secs 221.57° 6.7m 7secs 296.5°
Sun 3/06
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 8m 12secs 298.58° 1.32m 12secs 298.42° 0.6m 13secs 221.57° 6.7m 7secs 296.5°
3am 7.7m 12secs 298.49° 1.32m 12secs 297.52° 0.8m 18secs 217.47° 6.4m 7secs 299.89°
6am 7.7m 12secs 298.49° 1.32m 12secs 297.52° 0.8m 18secs 217.47° 6.4m 7secs 299.89°
9am 7.6m 11secs 295.86° 0.9m 17secs 215.16°       2.31m 11secs 299.5°
12pm 7.6m 11secs 295.86° 0.9m 17secs 215.16°       2.31m 11secs 299.5°
3pm 8.8m 8secs 296.77° 1m 19secs 204.94°       2.67m 8secs 300.75°
6pm 8.8m 8secs 296.77° 1m 19secs 204.94°       2.67m 8secs 300.75°

Last Model Run: 24th May 2012 11:00pm
Last Update: 25th May 2012 8:23am
All times local time (PST) unless otherwise stated.
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(46216)
Swell1.7m 10secs
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Swell1.9m 11secs
Wind32kph 
6:00am Fri 25th May
Anacapa Passage, CA
(46217)
Swell2.2m 10secs
7:00am Fri 25th May
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