Buoy Conditions

West Santa Barbara 38 NM West of Santa Barbara, CA

NDBC station 46054 · 3-meter discus buoy w/ seal cage · California Coast

LIVE · reported 17 min ago

West Santa Barbara 38 NM West of Santa Barbara, CA, 16 mi NNW of Cuyler Harbor: waves 8.2 ft at 14 s from the WNW, wind NW 10 kt gusting 14 kt, water 71°F — observed 17 min ago.

Wind reported 17 min ago · Waves reported 17 min ago · Water temp reported 17 min ago

Observed 9:50 PM UTC, Nov 8 · 17 min ago · Source: NOAA NDBC station 46054

The last 24 hours

Waveslast 8.2 ft · range 8.2–10.8 ft
Windlast 9.7 kt · range 0.0–17.5 kt

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

Conditions in full

Wind
NW (310°) at 10 kt (5.0 m/s), gusting 14 kt (7.0 m/s) 17 min ago
Waves
8.2 ft (2.5 m) · dominant period 14 s, average period 8.7 s, from the WNW (294°) 17 min ago
Pressure
29.96 inHg (1,014.5 hPa) · tendency +0.3 hPa over 3 h 17 min ago
Water temperature
71°F (21.4°C) 17 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: Cuyler Harbor, San Miguel Island, 16 mi SSE 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.

Nearest stations

Station facts

Station
NDBC 46054
Type
3-meter discus buoy w/ seal cage · 3D89
Operator
NDBC
Position
34.274°N, 120.468°W
Region
California Coast

Full record, wave spectra and station history: NOAA NDBC station 46054.