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Sand Beach surf Forecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 28 Mar 2024 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 13.1°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 13.7 °C max: 15.1 °C min: 12.3 °C)
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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 13.1°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 13.7 °C max: 15.1 °C min: 12.3 °C)


How big are the waves at Sand Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sand Beach at 5PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.5
WSW
2
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
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
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)15151414141414141413131313138121413131313131313121212121212111111111111111212121114141414141313131312126667810118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)637498400394394269431649693673547599507261250120622662305208422092379220618501507126610569731098876100088564549543837630726527422417917327621020726919815615414914512386138175226565837152220321647
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
15
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSW
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
20
ENE
10
ENE
5
WSW
15
WSW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SW
10
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassonglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
offoffglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:35PM
1.43
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
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:22AM
0.55
5:25PM
1.03
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
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise6:50-------6:48-------6:48-------6:47-------6:45-------6:43-------6:43-------6:41---
Sunset---7:16-------7:17-------7:19-------7:20-------7:21-------7:21-------7:22-------7:22
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Rain (mm)
-----------2512721122131---11--------------------------------
Temp. °C131719171311101011131312121210111012121211111111111414141211101011151716141312121317181917161615172122221816151414161715
Feels °C (?)121414118767910109899109998766781211987789121414121110101115161515141413161819191614131212141512

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