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 Sat Mar 13 05:40:01 PST 2010 Pacific Buoys Swell Wind Temp Western Prince William Sound 0.3 ft --- 5-7 kt 250° 36 °F Seal Rocks 4.9 ft 6 sec 21-25 kt 80° 41 °F Montague Strait 2.6 ft 9 sec 0-0 kt --- --- Cape Suckling 5.2 ft 11 sec 17-19 kt 90° 44 °F Cape Cleare AK 5.2 ft 5 sec 17-21 kt 100° 41 °F Fairweather Grounds 6.9 ft 10 sec 19-25 kt 110° 42 °F Northwest Gulf 6.6 ft 6 sec 0-0 kt --- --- BERING SEA 6.6 ft 6 sec 13-19 kt --- 34 °F GULF OF AK 12.5 ft 8 sec 27-33 kt 80° 39 °F Central Gulf of Alaska Buoy 11.2 ft 7 sec 27-33 kt 110° 40 °F Southeast Bering Sea 9.8 ft 8 sec 27-35 kt 360° 36 °F Central Dixon Entrance Buoy --- 11 sec 13-17 kt 160° 44 °F West Dixon Entrance 10.8 ft 12 sec 23-29 kt 160° 45 °F Shumagin Islands, AK 20.7 ft 10 sec 0-0 kt --- 40 °F North Nomad 11.2 ft 8 sec 0-1 kt 130° 42 °F Nanakwa Shoal --- 3 sec 11-11 kt 80° 41 °F North Hecate Strait 3.9 ft 5 sec 25-31 kt 170° 46 °F S Aleutians 15.7 ft 11 sec 0-0 kt --- 38 °F West Moresby 11.2 ft 12 sec 21-27 kt 160° 46 °F South Hecate Strait 4.6 ft 12 sec 21-23 kt 150° 46 °F South Moresby 11.5 ft 14 sec 15-19 kt 190° 47 °F West Sea Otter 9.2 ft 13 sec 19-21 kt 150° 47 °F Middle Nomad 11.8 ft 7 sec 35-43 kt 150° 45 °F East Dellwood 12.8 ft 13 sec 13-15 kt 250° 46 °F Sentry Shoal 3.0 ft 4 sec 19-23 kt 130° 46 °F South Brooks 11.5 ft 13 sec 13-19 kt 240° 46 °F Halibut Bank --- 2 sec 1-3 kt 60° 47 °F La Perouse Bank 12.1 ft 10 sec 11-15 kt 290° 49 °F South Nomad 14.1 ft 14 sec 29-37 kt 180° 46 °F New Dungeness, WA (Hein Bank) 1.0 ft 3 sec 1-3 kt 150° 47 °F CAPE ELIZABETH 13.5 ft 9 sec 13-17 kt --- 50 °F Grays Harbor Buoy 12.4 ft 11.1 sec --- --- 49 °F Clatsop Spit, OR 11.9 ft 11.1 sec --- --- 49 °F COL RIVER BAR 14.1 ft 11 sec 19-25 kt 260° 50 °F Tillamook, OR 16.4 ft 12 sec 17-23 kt 260° 51 °F STONEWALL BANKS --- --- 13-0 kt 270° --- Umpqua Buoy 13.4 ft 12.5 sec --- --- 51 °F Port Orford 12.8 ft 14 sec 13-17 kt 300° --- ST GEORGES 11.2 ft 14 sec 5-9 kt 100° 52 °F Humboldt Bay 12.7 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 52 °F EEL RIVER --- 11 sec 7-9 kt 340° 53 °F Cape Mendocino 13.1 ft 13.3 sec --- --- 53 °F PT ARENA 13.5 ft 15 sec 5-9 kt 50° 53 °F Bodega Bay 13.1 ft 14 sec 11-13 kt 360° 53 °F Point Reyes 14.4 ft 11.8 sec --- --- 51 °F San Francisco Bar 12.8 ft 13.3 sec --- --- 54 °F SAN FRANCISCO 10.5 ft 15 sec 19-23 kt 330° 52 °F HALF MOON BAY 11.5 ft 13 sec 17-19 kt 330° --- MONTEREY 12.1 ft 15 sec 17-21 kt 340° 55 °F Monterey Canyon 6.5 ft 13.3 sec --- --- 55 °F Cabrillo Point 4.1 ft 13.3 sec --- --- 55 °F Point Sur 11.3 ft 14.3 sec --- --- 55 °F CAPE SAN MARTIN 12.1 ft 15 sec 21-27 kt --- 56 °F Diablo Canyon 7.8 ft 12.5 sec --- --- 55 °F SANTA MARIA 10.2 ft 15 sec 25-29 kt 330° 55 °F PT ARGUELLO 11.5 ft 17 sec 25-31 kt 330° 55 °F Harvest Buoy 11.4 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 54 °F Goleta Point Buoy 3.9 ft 11.1 sec --- --- 53 °F WEST SANTA BARBARA 9.2 ft 12 sec 23-27 kt --- 53 °F E. SANTA BARBARA 6.6 ft 12 sec 19-21 kt 280° 55 °F Anacapa Pass. Buoy 4.5 ft 12.5 sec --- --- 54 °F Santa Monica Bay 3.6 ft 5.0 sec --- --- 57 °F Santa Monica Basin 3.6 ft 5 sec 11-13 kt 280° 57 °F San Pedro 3.8 ft 5.6 sec --- --- 57 °F Dana Point 2.6 ft 13.3 sec --- --- 58 °F San Nicolas North 7.7 ft 13.3 sec --- --- 57 °F San Nicolas Is. 11.4 ft 12.5 sec --- --- 56 °F Camp Pendleton 2.2 ft 13.3 sec --- --- 57 °F Oceanside 2.4 ft 12.5 sec --- --- 58 °F San Elijo NSh. 2.3 ft 13.3 sec --- --- 58 °F Torrey Pines Outer 4.0 ft 13.3 sec --- --- 59 °F Scripps Pier --- 1.0 sec 1-2 kt 84° --- Mission Bay 4.2 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 58 °F Point Loma South 5.1 ft 15.4 sec --- --- 59 °F San Clemente Basin 6.6 ft 13 sec 15-19 kt 320° 59 °F TANNER BANKS 12.1 ft 16 sec 17-21 kt 310° --- NW Hawaii 6.2 ft 10 sec 7-0 kt 90° 71 °F Northern Hawaii 7.5 ft 11 sec 5-7 kt 110° 73 °F Northern Hawaii 7.5 ft 12 sec 7-9 kt 120° 73 °F Waimea Bay Buoy 4.6 ft 12.5 sec --- --- 74 °F Mokapu Point 6.7 ft 11.8 sec --- --- 74 °F Barbers Point, HI 5.8 ft 11.1 sec --- --- 75 °F Kaumalapau 2.6 ft 14.3 sec --- --- 76 °F W HAWAII 7.5 ft 8 sec 13-17 kt 60° 75 °F SW HAWAII 9.5 ft 8 sec 15-19 kt 80° 77 °F Ipan, Guam 7.9 ft 8.3 sec --- --- 82 °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 256 AM PST SAT MAR 13 2010 POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO SAN MATEO POINT CA OUT 60NM INCLUDING THE CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY... Z600-131745- 256 AM PST SAT MAR 13 2010 SYNOPSIS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST AND SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL INCLUDING THE CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY... AT 10Z...OR 2 AM PST...A 1000 MB SURFACE LOW WAS OVER UTAH WITH A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM EXTENDING TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL. NW FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...BECOMING MODERATE TO STRONG ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WATERS FROM PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO PT. ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD 60 NM- 256 AM PST SAT MAR 13 2010 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... TODAY N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KT BY LATE MORNING. COMBINED SEAS 11 TO 14 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 14 SECONDS. TONIGHT NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KT... BECOMING N 15 TO 25 KT LATE. COMBINED SEAS 11 TO 14 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 13 SECONDS. SUN N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 13 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 13 SECONDS. SUN NIGHT NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. MON N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. GUSTS TO 20 KT IN THE MORNING. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 7 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. MON NIGHT NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. NW SWELL 10 TO 12 FT...BUILDING TO 11 TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. TUE AND WED...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. COMBINED SEAS 13 TO 16 FT. WATERS FROM PT. ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CA AND WESTWARD 60 NM INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS- 256 AM PST SAT MAR 13 2010 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... TODAY NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT...BECOMING 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT BY LATE MORNING. COMBINED SEAS 11 TO 14 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 14 SECONDS. TONIGHT NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 25 KT LATE. COMBINED SEAS 12 TO 15 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 13 SECONDS. SUN N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED SEAS 10 TO 13 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 13 SECONDS. SUN NIGHT NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. MON N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 7 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. MON NIGHT WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT LATE. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. NW SWELL 9 TO 12 FT...BUILDING TO 10 TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. TUE NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 11 TO 14 FT. WED NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. COMBINED SEAS 12 TO 15 FT. OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO 60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS ISLAND- 256 AM PST SAT MAR 13 2010 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... TODAY NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING 20 TO 30 KT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KT. COMBINED SEAS 8 TO 11 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 14 SECONDS. TONIGHT NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. COMBINED SEAS 9 TO 12 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 13 SECONDS. SUN NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. COMBINED SEAS 7 TO 10 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 13 SECONDS. SUN NIGHT NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. MON WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 6 TO 8 FT. MON NIGHT WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT LATE. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 7 TO 10 FT. TUE NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. W SWELL 8 TO 11 FT. WED NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. COMBINED SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. EAST SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL FROM PT. CONCEPTION TO PT. MUGU INCLUDING SANTA CRUZ AND ANACAPA ISLANDS- 256 AM PST SAT MAR 13 2010 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... TODAY NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT...STRONGEST WESTERN PORTION. COMBINED SEAS 5 TO 7 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 14 SECONDS. TONIGHT NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT LATE. STRONGEST WINDS WESTERN PORTION. COMBINED SEAS 5 TO 7 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 13 SECONDS. SUN N WINDS AROUND 10 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. W SWELL 4 TO 6 FT AT 13 SECONDS. SUN NIGHT N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT IN THE EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. W SWELL 4 TO 6 FT. MON WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 3 TO 5 FT. MON NIGHT WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 4 TO 6 FT. TUE NW WINDS AROUND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 4 TO 6 FT. WED W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 4 TO 6 FT. INNER WATERS FROM POINT MUGU TO SAN MATEO PT. CA INCLUDING SANTA CATALINA AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS- 256 AM PST SAT MAR 13 2010 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... TODAY W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. COMBINED SEAS 4 TO 6 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 14 SECONDS. TONIGHT NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. COMBINED SEAS 4 TO 6 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 13 SECONDS. SUN NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 3 TO 5 FT AT 13 SECONDS. SUN NIGHT NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT IN THE EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 3 TO 5 FT. MON WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 2 TO 4 FT. MON NIGHT WINDS VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. TUE N WINDS AROUND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 3 TO 5 FT. WED SW WINDS AROUND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 3 TO 5 FT. MEIER WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOSANGELES Coastal waters forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

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