Carpinteria State Beach Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Carpinteria State Beach is most often good on a 4–6 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with light wind from the SW, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
| Ideal wave height | 4–6 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | W |
| Best wind | light wind from the SW |
| Best tide | high & outgoing |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (high-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-08-05 11:20 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 2.0 ft |
| Dominant period | 7s |
| Swell direction | W (271°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 46053 (21 mi away) |
| Wind | 2 kt from the WSW — NDBC ICAC1 (64 mi away) |
Carpinteria State Beach 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Carpinteria State Beach from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed Aug 5 | 2 ft | 14s SW | 7 kt W |
| Thu Aug 6 | 2 ft | 13s SW | 8 kt SE |
| Fri Aug 7 | 2 ft | 18s SSW | 8 kt SSW |
| Sat Aug 8 | 2 ft | 17s SSW | 8 kt WNW |
| Sun Aug 9 | 2–3 ft | 15s SSW | 8 kt N |
| Mon Aug 10 | 2 ft | 14s SSW | 7 kt SE |
| Tue Aug 11 | 2 ft | 17s SSW | 8 kt SSW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 9411340 (Santa Barbara), the nearest tide station (10 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 01:01 — High 4.553 ft
- 2026-06-06 08:52 — Low 0.192 ft
- 2026-06-06 16:18 — High 3.7 ft
- 2026-06-06 20:41 — Low 3.017 ft
- 2026-06-07 02:01 — High 4.084 ft
- 2026-06-07 09:36 — Low 0.472 ft
Frequently asked
Is Carpinteria State Beach good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-05 11:20 UTC), Carpinteria State Beach is marginal: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the W matches its ideal W direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is calm from the W.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Carpinteria State Beach come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 46053) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Santa Barbara). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Carpinteria State Beach?
Carpinteria State Beach is most often good on a 4–6 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with light wind from the SW, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Carpinteria State Beach is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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