East Santa Barbara wind

East Santa Barbara is a weather buoy near Isla Vista in the Santa Barbara Channel sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 17 kn from W (270°), gusting 19 kn, 2026-11-03 22:50 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 14:50 America/Los_Angeles). Air 20°C. 1016 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 8 kn, 85 readings, gust 21 kn, peak mean 17 kn, mostly W (272°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 22:50 UTC: 17 kn from W (270°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 21:40 UTC: 16 kn from W (270°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 20:40 UTC: 14 kn from W (260°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 19:50 UTC: 14 kn from W (270°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 18:40 UTC: 14 kn from WNW (290°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 17:50 UTC: 14 kn from WNW (290°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 16:50 UTC: 10 kn from W (280°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 15:50 UTC: 14 kn from W (280°), gust 19 kn

Position 34.246, -119.842; exposure marine. East Santa Barbara is on open water.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at East Santa Barbara: 2.6 kn on average across 53 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at East Santa Barbara: 2.3 kn on average across 53 hourly comparisons, against 3.2 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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