Sandspit Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR

Surf Height

1-2FT

Knee to thigh

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

0.5FT15s
SSE158º
0.6FT15s
WSW247º
5.7FT6s
W260º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

12KTSWNW

12kts gusts, Offshore

Model Forecast
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Tide

4.9FT

Temperature

70°F

spotName Wind & Weather
97ºF

1mm wetsuit

Matt Kibby

Santa Barbara Forecast

Matt Kibby

Today

SB goes up a touch today, spots outside SB staying fun off continued southerly swell mix.

SB sees a little NW windswell fill in with knee-thigh-waist high waves on the lower morning tide. Light+ W winds much of the morning go moderate+ over the afternoon.

Outside SB, SW Southern Hemi continues, maintaining fun waves.

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Sandspit Surf Guide

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