Sandspit Surf Report & Forecast
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Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
0-1FT
Shin to knee
Swell
Wind
7KTSSSW
7kts gusts, Onshore
Tide
Temperature
66°F
2mm wetsuit
Santa Barbara Forecast
Matt Kibby •Today
SB waves are weak today. Better mix of SW-SSW swells outside SB.
Locally small surf averaging under thigh high. Clean conditions in the morning, manageable W afternoon onshores.
Outside of SB, SSW tropical swell drops as fresh SW Southern Hemi joins in, keeping exposures in fun surf.
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Created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the breakwater finger sticking into picturesque Santa Barbara Harbor works magic with the local sand flow, arranging those precious grains in such a fashion that they transform ordinary lines of swell into insanely hollow rights that can either peel on and on, or dump squarely onto your back, depositing you straight into the oh-so-shallow bottom. Most surfers think that Sandspit only breaks on the biggest of winter swells with that crazy backwash, cho... Read more