Ellwood Beach

Goleta, United States

Right now

Conditions at 4:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time.

Fair

Ankle-high (0.6 m) at 6 s, heading toward E, with moderate offshore wind toward SW.

Swell

0.6 m

E

6 s

Wind

8 km/h

SW

Offshore

Tide

1.5 m

Falling

Weather

18 °C

Overcast

23 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Thursday, September 17, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 7 s

E

9 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.3 m

Mostly clear · 18 °C

1 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

E

9 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.4 m

Overcast · 18 °C

2 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

E

7 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.4 m

Clear · 18 °C

3 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

E

8 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 17 °C

4 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

E

8 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 18 °C

5 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

E

7 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 19 °C

6 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 6 s

E

6 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 19 °C

7 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 7 s

E

5 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 19 °C

8 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 7 s

E

4 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 19 °C

9 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 7 s

E

4 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 19 °C

10 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 6 s

E

3 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

1.7 m

Overcast · 20 °C

11 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 6 s

E

6 km/h · 6 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.9 m

Partly cloudy · 21 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 6 s

E

11 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2 m

Mostly clear · 22 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 6 s

E

15 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2 m

Mostly clear · 23 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 7 s

E

16 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2 m

Mostly clear · 23 °C

3 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 9 s

ENE

18 km/h · 20 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

2 m

Mostly clear · 22 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 12 s

NE

18 km/h · 20 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

1.8 m

Clear · 22 °C

5 PM

Fair

0.4 m · 13 s

NNE

19 km/h · 23 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

1.7 m

Clear · 22 °C

6 PM

Fair

0.4 m · 11 s

NNE

12 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.5 m

Clear · 22 °C

7 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 7 s

NE

2 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

1.3 m

Clear · 21 °C

8 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 4 s

ENE

4 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Clear · 20 °C

9 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 4 s

ENE

9 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

1 m

Clear · 20 °C

10 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 4 s

E

5 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

SSW

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 19 °C

11 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

E

9 km/h · 24 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 18 °C

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