Carpinteria Seal Sanctuary

Carpinteria, United States

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 3:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time.

Poor

Knee-high (0.7 m) at 6 s, heading toward E, with moderate cross-onshore wind toward ENE.

Swell

0.7 m

E

6 s

Wind

10 km/h

ENE

Cross-onshore

Tide

2 m

Rising

Weather

23 °C

Partly cloudy

23 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Good

0.9 m · 5 s

E

4 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1 m

Partly cloudy · 18 °C

1 AM

Good

0.8 m · 5 s

E

5 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1 m

Overcast · 18 °C

2 AM

Good

0.8 m · 5 s

E

6 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.2 m

Overcast · 17 °C

3 AM

Good

0.8 m · 5 s

E

5 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.3 m

Overcast · 19 °C

4 AM

Good

0.8 m · 5 s

E

0 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

1.5 m

Clear · 17 °C

5 AM

Good

0.8 m · 5 s

E

7 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.6 m

Clear · 17 °C

6 AM

Good

0.8 m · 5 s

E

4 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.7 m

Clear · 16 °C

7 AM

Good

0.8 m · 5 s

E

5 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.7 m

Clear · 16 °C

8 AM

Good

0.8 m · 5 s

E

4 km/h · 4 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

1.7 m

Clear · 17 °C

9 AM

Good

0.8 m · 5 s

E

2 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.7 m

Clear · 21 °C

10 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 5 s

E

7 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.7 m

Clear · 22 °C

11 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 5 s

E

8 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.7 m

Clear · 23 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.8 m · 5 s

E

12 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.8 m

Clear · 24 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.8 m · 5 s

E

9 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.9 m

Mostly clear · 24 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.8 m · 5 s

E

11 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2 m

Clear · 24 °C

3 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 6 s

E

10 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2 m

Partly cloudy · 23 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 6 s

E

9 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2.1 m

Mostly clear · 23 °C

5 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 6 s

E

10 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

2.1 m

Mostly clear · 22 °C

6 PM

Poor

0.8 m · 5 s

E

6 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

2 m

Mostly clear · 22 °C

7 PM

Good

0.9 m · 5 s

E

2 km/h · 3 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

1.8 m

Partly cloudy · 20 °C

8 PM

Fair

1 m · 5 s

E

7 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

1.6 m

Overcast · 19 °C

9 PM

Fair

1 m · 5 s

E

8 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

NNW

Onshore

1.4 m

Partly cloudy · 19 °C

10 PM

Fair

1 m · 5 s

E

7 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

NNW

Onshore

1.2 m

Partly cloudy · 19 °C

11 PM

Fair

1 m · 5 s

E

6 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

1 m

Overcast · 18 °C

Nearby spots

Explore nearby breaks, starting with the closest. Worth a look when the wind spoils the surf here.