buoys, wind, tide, coastal weather and surf report

Santa Barbara

 

Current Conditions Conditions map courtesy of The Scripps Research Institute / La Jolla Surfing

 

NOAA and CDIP Buoys Thu Jul 29 04:40:01 PDT 2010 Pacific Buoys Swell Wind Temp Great Slave Lake North 0.3 ft 2 sec 5-7 kt 260° 64 °F Great Slave Lake 0.3 ft 3 sec 5-5 kt 120° 63 °F Western Prince William Sound --- --- 1-1 kt 30° 52 °F Seal Rocks 1.3 ft 14 sec 7-7 kt 100° 55 °F Cape Suckling 2.0 ft 14 sec 0-1 kt --- 56 °F Cape Cleare AK --- --- 3-3 kt 280° 53 °F Fairweather Grounds 2.6 ft 6 sec 1-1 kt 360° 55 °F Northwest Gulf 2.3 ft 14 sec 0-0 kt --- --- BERING SEA 2.3 ft 8 sec 11-15 kt 40° --- Cape Edgecumbe Buoy AK 2.6 ft 7 sec 3-3 kt 340° 55 °F GULF OF AK 2.3 ft 14 sec 3-7 kt 110° 53 °F Central Gulf of Alaska Buoy 2.3 ft 14 sec 5-5 kt 240° 52 °F Southeast Bering Sea 1.3 ft 8 sec 11-13 kt 40° 46 °F Central Dixon Entrance Buoy 3.9 ft 5 sec 19-21 kt 280° 51 °F West Dixon Entrance 3.0 ft 5 sec 7-9 kt 260° 54 °F Shumagin Islands, AK 3.0 ft 14 sec 9-11 kt 130° 50 °F North Nomad 2.3 ft 17 sec 9-11 kt 260° 55 °F Nanakwa Shoal 0.3 ft 2 sec 3-7 kt 220° 63 °F North Hecate Strait 3.3 ft 6 sec 9-11 kt 310° 54 °F S Aleutians 2.3 ft 11 sec 0-0 kt --- 49 °F West Moresby 3.6 ft 5 sec 15-19 kt 330° 53 °F South Hecate Strait 3.6 ft 5 sec 15-19 kt 320° 56 °F South Moresby 5.9 ft 6 sec 19-23 kt 320° 54 °F West Sea Otter 3.3 ft 6 sec 11-13 kt 320° 56 °F Middle Nomad 2.6 ft 6 sec 5-7 kt 250° 56 °F East Dellwood 6.9 ft 6 sec 17-19 kt 310° 56 °F Ocean Station, Papa 2.8 ft 16.7 sec --- --- 56 °F Sentry Shoal 1.0 ft 3 sec 0-0 kt 330° 57 °F South Brooks 5.6 ft 7 sec 21-27 kt 320° 52 °F Halibut Bank 1.3 ft 3 sec 7-7 kt 170° 64 °F La Perouse Bank 5.6 ft 7 sec 3-5 kt 130° 53 °F South Nomad 3.9 ft 7 sec 7-9 kt 310° 56 °F New Dungeness, WA (Hein Bank) 2.6 ft 4 sec 17-19 kt 240° 52 °F CAPE ELIZABETH 3.9 ft 8 sec 3-3 kt 330° 53 °F Grays Harbor Buoy 3.7 ft 7.7 sec --- --- 52 °F Clatsop Spit, OR 3.5 ft 7.7 sec --- --- 55 °F COL RIVER BAR 4.3 ft 8 sec 7-9 kt 330° 55 °F WASHINGTON 4.9 ft 7 sec 15-17 kt 350° 57 °F Tillamook, OR 4.6 ft 8 sec 11-15 kt 330° 59 °F STONEWALL BANKS 4.9 ft 8 sec 9-11 kt 10° 51 °F Umpqua Buoy 4.7 ft 8.3 sec --- --- 50 °F Port Orford 5.2 ft 9 sec 15-17 kt 10° --- ST GEORGES 5.2 ft 7 sec 1-3 kt 130° 53 °F Humboldt Bay North Spit 5.0 ft 9.1 sec --- --- 52 °F Humboldt Bay South Spit 4.4 ft 8.3 sec --- --- 51 °F Cape Mendocino 9.8 ft 8.3 sec --- --- 50 °F PT ARENA 3.9 ft 10 sec 7-11 kt 10° 52 °F Bodega Bay 3.6 ft 10 sec 9-13 kt 320° 54 °F Point Reyes 4.0 ft 9.9 sec --- --- 55 °F San Francisco Bar 2.3 ft 9.1 sec --- --- 59 °F SAN FRANCISCO 2.6 ft 9 sec 9-11 kt 320° 56 °F HALF MOON BAY 3.3 ft 10 sec 9-13 kt 320° 58 °F MONTEREY 3.3 ft 16 sec 11-13 kt 330° 58 °F Monterey Canyon 2.6 ft 9.9 sec --- --- 58 °F Cabrillo Point 1.4 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 59 °F Point Sur 3.4 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 60 °F CAPE SAN MARTIN 3.6 ft 11 sec 9-11 kt 340° 60 °F Diablo Canyon 2.4 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 62 °F SANTA MARIA 3.6 ft 9 sec 9-11 kt 340° 57 °F PT ARGUELLO 3.3 ft 10 sec 9-13 kt 340° 57 °F Harvest Buoy 3.4 ft 10.5 sec --- --- 57 °F Goleta Point Buoy 1.6 ft 4.3 sec --- --- 59 °F WEST SANTA BARBARA 3.0 ft 4 sec 15-19 kt --- 58 °F Ventura Nearshore 2.2 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 57 °F E. SANTA BARBARA 1.6 ft 4 sec 5-7 kt 220° 58 °F Anacapa Pass. Buoy 2.4 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 59 °F Santa Monica Bay 2.8 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 59 °F Santa Monica Basin 3.0 ft 16 sec 3-5 kt 280° 64 °F South Santa Rosa Island, CA 3.9 ft 5 sec 13-15 kt 300° 61 °F San Pedro 2.3 ft 5.0 sec --- --- 65 °F Dana Point 2.4 ft 11.1 sec --- --- 61 °F San Nicolas North 3.5 ft 5.0 sec --- --- 60 °F San Nicolas Is. 4.1 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 59 °F Camp Pendleton 2.1 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 62 °F Oceanside 2.5 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 66 °F San Elijo NSh. 2.3 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 64 °F Torrey Pines Outer 2.9 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 66 °F Scripps Pier 0.1 ft --- 5-8 kt 346° --- Mission Bay 3.0 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 66 °F Point Loma South 3.0 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 65 °F San Clemente Basin 3.3 ft 15 sec 11-13 kt 300° 62 °F TANNER BANKS --- --- 11-15 kt 300° --- NW Hawaii 3.9 ft 12 sec 11-0 kt 100° 80 °F Northern Hawaii 5.2 ft 10 sec 13-0 kt --- 77 °F Northern Hawaii 5.6 ft 9 sec 13-15 kt 100° 77 °F Waimea Bay Buoy 2.6 ft 9.1 sec --- --- 79 °F Mokapu Point 4.7 ft 5.9 sec --- --- 78 °F Barbers Point, HI 5.0 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 80 °F Kaumalapau 3.0 ft 13.3 sec --- --- 79 °F W HAWAII 4.9 ft 8 sec 9-13 kt 100° 81 °F SW HAWAII 5.6 ft 9 sec 13-15 kt 70° 79 °F Ipan, Guam 4.9 ft 9.1 sec --- --- 85 °F Kalo, Majuro, Marshall Is. 5.3 ft 9.1 sec --- --- 84 °F Buoy data courtesy of NOAA and CDIP

 

Harvest Buoy Swell Direction swell direction details Harvest buoy directional graphic courtesy of CDIP

 

Southern California Swell Model Southern California swell model courtesy of CDIP

 

Santa Barbara Swell Model Santa Barbara swell model courtesy of CDIP

 

Tide Tide chart courtesy of The Scripps Research Institute / La Jolla Surfing

 

Current Wind Conditions Wind map courtesy of U.S. Naval Air Weapons Center / Weatherflow

 

Cloud Cover Southern California satellite imagery courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

Tropical Storms Wundermap - East Pacific    Hurricane tracks archive Tropical storms map courtesy of the University of Hawai‘i Institute for Astronomy

 

Surf Forecast Offshore wave height forecast courtesy of CDIP

 

7-Day Swell Model     7-Day Wave Height    7-Day Swell Period Swell model courtesy of The Scripps Research Institute / La Jolla Surfing

 

Marine Forecast COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 259 AM PDT THU JUL 29 2010 POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO SAN MATEO POINT CA OUT 60NM INCLUDING THE CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY... Z600-291645- 259 AM PDT THU JUL 29 2010 SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST AND SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL INCLUDING THE CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY... AT 09Z...OR 2 AM PDT...A 1030 MB HIGH WAS 900 NM W OF SAN FRANCISCO WHILE A 1007 MB THERMAL LOW WAS OVER SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THIS PATTERN WILL PERSIST INTO NEXT...EXCEPT FOR SLIGHT STRENGTHENING OF THE HIGH BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. MODERATE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN SOME ON FRIDAY AS A RESULT. WATERS FROM PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO PT. ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD 60 NM- 259 AM PDT THU JUL 29 2010 TODAY NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. GUSTS TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 3 TO 4 FT AT 8 SECONDS AND S 2 TO 3 FT AT 13 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. TONIGHT NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 3 TO 5 FT AT 8 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRI NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. GUSTS TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 4 TO 6 FT AT 7 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. FRI NIGHT NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. NW SWELL 5 TO 7 FT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SAT NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 5 TO 7 FT AND SW 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. SAT NIGHT NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 3 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 6 TO 8 FT AND S 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SUN NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. MIXED SWELL NW 6 TO 8 FT AND S 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. MON NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 3 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 5 TO 7 FT AND S 2 TO 3 FT. WATERS FROM PT. ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CA AND WESTWARD 60 NM INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS- 259 AM PDT THU JUL 29 2010 TODAY NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 KT AROUND PT CONCEPTION IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 2 TO 4 FT AT 8 SECONDS AND S 2 TO 3 FT AT 13 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. TONIGHT NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 KT AROUND POINT CONCEPTION. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. NW SWELL 2 TO 4 FT AT 7 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRI NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 KT AROUND POINT CONCEPTION. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 5 TO 7 FT AT 7 SECONDS AND SW 2 TO 3 FT AT 14 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. FRI NIGHT NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 5 TO 7 FT AND SW 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SAT NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 3 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 5 TO 7 FT AND SW 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. SAT NIGHT NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 5 TO 7 FT AND S 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SUN NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 5 TO 7 FT AND S 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. MON NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 5 TO 7 FT AND S 2 TO 3 FT. OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO 60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS ISLAND- 259 AM PDT THU JUL 29 2010 TODAY W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 3 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 2 TO 4 FT AT 8 SECONDS AND S 2 TO 3 FT AT 13 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. TONIGHT NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 2 TO 4 FT AT 7 SECONDS AND SW 2 TO 3 FT AT 14 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRI W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. GUSTS TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 4 TO 6 FT AT 7 SECONDS AND SW 2 TO 3 FT AT 14 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. FRI NIGHT NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 4 TO 6 FT AND SW 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SAT W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 3 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 3 TO 5 FT AND S 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. SAT NIGHT W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 3 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 4 TO 6 FT AND S 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SUN W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. MIXED SWELL NW 3 TO 5 FT AND S 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. MON NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. MIXED SWELL NW 4 TO 6 FT AND S 2 TO 3 FT. EAST SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL FROM PT. CONCEPTION TO PT. MUGU INCLUDING SANTA CRUZ AND ANACAPA ISLANDS- 259 AM PDT THU JUL 29 2010 TODAY WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING SW TO W 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 1 TO 2 FT AT 6 SECONDS. TONIGHT W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. GUSTS TO 20 KT IN THE EVENING. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. W SWELL 1 TO 2 FT AT 6 SECONDS. FRI WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING SW TO W 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 1 TO 3 FT AT 6 SECONDS. FRI NIGHT W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 2 TO 4 FT. SAT WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 2 TO 4 FT. SAT NIGHT W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT IN THE EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 2 TO 4 FT. SUN W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 2 TO 4 FT. MON W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 3 TO 5 FT. INNER WATERS FROM POINT MUGU TO SAN MATEO PT. CA INCLUDING SANTA CATALINA AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS- 259 AM PDT THU JUL 29 2010 TODAY WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 KT WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. S SWELL 1 TO 2 FT AT 13 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. TONIGHT W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 20 KT IN THE EVENING BECOMING 5 TO 10 KT LATE. WIND WAVES 2 TO 3 FT. S SWELL 1 TO 2 FT AT 15 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRI WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. S SWELL 1 TO 3 FT AT 14 SECONDS. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. FRI NIGHT W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT IN THE EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. S SWELL 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SAT WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. SW SWELL 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. SAT NIGHT W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT IN THE EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. SW SWELL 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SUN THROUGH MON...W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. SW SWELL 2 TO 3 FT. PATCHY FOG. KITTELL WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES Coastal waters forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

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