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Driftwoods surf Forecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 29 Mar 2024 PDT
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Driftwoods surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Driftwoods sea temperature is 12.8°C (Statistics for 29 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 13.7 °C max: 15.0 °C min: 12.2 °C)
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Driftwoods surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Driftwoods sea temperature is 12.8°C (Statistics for 29 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 13.7 °C max: 15.0 °C min: 12.2 °C)


How big are the waves at Driftwoods today?

The current surf forecast for Driftwoods at 6AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (29 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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

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Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
2.1
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)14141413131313131213131313131313131212121212121211111111111112121212121414141414131313131351518781010117111112121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4318927906735474614372382761487241223762466241622752209200815951148948860679861983786582438446376307274274224179176276210207293223156154151147125915749425973141213081331711188117251578145516051280
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
S
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
WSW
5
ENE
0
SW
5
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
ESE
25
E
25
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
10
NW
10
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SSW
5
SW
15
W
10
NW
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
10
WSW
15
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
20
W
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
N
5
ENE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:48PM
1.92
1:34PM
1.30
12:17AM
1.90
3:25PM
1.21
12:56AM
1.87
1:58AM
1.83
3:33AM
1.82
7:52PM
1.46
5:08AM
1.87
7:59PM
1.57
6:22AM
1.96
8:18PM
1.70
7:24AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
0.58
5:32PM
1.12
8:09AM
0.61
5:15PM
1.20
9:30AM
0.60
10:57AM
0.54
12:04PM
0.43
11:09PM
1.37
12:54PM
0.32
12:33AM
1.21
1:36PM
0.25
1:32AM
0.99
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise--6:50-------6:48-------6:47-------6:45-------6:43-------6:43-------6:41-------6:39-
Sunset-----7:17-------7:19-------7:20-------7:21-------7:22-------7:22-------7:22------
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Rain (mm)
-----161251112331----1---------------------------------------
Temp. °C109101413111211101010121211111111101115151511109911161718141313121419202017161615162123221615131111151598876810
Feels °C (?)7781197989989886667912121186669141314121111101217181715141312141821191413119913114444367

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