Buoy Conditions

East Santa Barbara - 12NM Southwest of Santa Barbara, CA

NDBC station 46053 · 3-meter foam buoy w/ seal cage · California Coast

LIVE · reported 27 min ago

East Santa Barbara - 12NM Southwest of Santa Barbara, CA, 14 mi SW of Santa Barbara: waves 5.9 ft at 12 s from the W, wind W 8 kt gusting 10 kt, water 75°F, air 74°F — observed 27 min ago.

Wind reported 27 min ago · Waves reported 1.3 h ago · Water temp reported 27 min ago

Observed 9:40 PM UTC, Nov 8 · 27 min ago · Source: NOAA NDBC station 46053

The last 24 hours

Waveslast 5.9 ft · range 5.6–8.2 ft
Windlast 7.8 kt · range 1.9–9.7 kt

Hourly readings from this station’s own reports. The dot is the latest report in the trend window.

Conditions in full

Wind
W (280°) at 8 kt (4.0 m/s), gusting 10 kt (5.0 m/s) 27 min ago
Waves
5.9 ft (1.8 m) · dominant period 12 s, average period 9.0 s, from the W (271°) 1.3 h ago
Pressure
30.00 inHg (1,015.8 hPa) · tendency +0.0 hPa over 3 h 27 min ago
Water temperature
75°F (24.0°C) 27 min ago
Air temperature
74°F (23.2°C) 27 min ago
Dew point
63°F (17.2°C) 27 min ago

Every value is this station’s own latest report; the time beside it is when that reading was taken. Fields this station does not report are not shown.

Tides near this station

Nearest tide station: Santa Barbara, 14 mi NE of here.

Tide times are NOAA CO-OPS predictions for the named station, in that station’s local time, fetched live when you open this page. Predictions, not observations.

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Station facts

Station
NDBC 46053
Type
3-meter foam buoy w/ seal cage · 3DV14
Operator
NDBC
Position
34.246°N, 119.842°W
Region
California Coast

Full record, wave spectra and station history: NOAA NDBC station 46053.