34.25°N 119.50°W · NOAA
Estimated breaking face heights, in feet. Low confidence.
The two rows are separate directional estimates, not combined surf. Row labels show the selected component’s actual direction; internal NNW/SSW grouping is unchanged. Yellow marks the day with the largest individual directional estimate among the next seven available days; exact ties use the first day. Today may include an earlier peak.
BUOYS / NOAA NDBC. Total significant wave height, dominant period and direction at that period; not isolated swell partitions or measured breaking surf. Missing fields remain blank. Times are observations, in Pacific time. STALE after two hours; readings older than 24 hours are withheld.
46054 / West Santa Barbara · 34.274°N 120.468°W. Western-channel context for W/NW energy.
46251 / Santa Cruz Basin · 33.769°N 119.565°W. Southern-basin context for southerly energy. Neither station is the forecast point; island sheltering and local transformation prevent direct equivalence to Ventura surf. No arrival-time or buoy-to-surf conversion is implied.
NOAA / NWS / NCEP · GFS-Wave
NOAA GFS-Wave data for the Ventura coast, processed by San Buena.
Swell components are grouped by direction and converted into an estimated breaking-wave range. The strongest matching component for each directional group is shown beside its derived surf range. Model readings correspond to that estimate’s peak, not a simultaneous NNW/SSW observation.
Estimates do not account for every local factor, including bathymetry, refraction, wind, tide, or individual break characteristics.
Forecasts become less certain farther out.
NOAA source data is public domain. San Buena’s grouping and surf estimates are independent calculations and are not official NOAA products.