Sandspit Surf Report & Forecast
Surf Report, Surf Forecast & Surf Cam
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Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
0-1FT
Shin to knee
Swell
Wind
8KTSWSW
8kts gusts, Cross-shore
Tide
Temperature
70°F
1mm wetsuit
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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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