Santa Maria wind

Santa Maria is a weather buoy near Guadalupe. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 17 kn from NW (320°), gusting 23 kn, 2026-11-04 23:00 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 15:00 America/Los_Angeles). Air 18°C. 1015 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 11 kn, 82 readings, gust 23 kn, peak mean 17 kn, mostly NNW (337°).

The last 7 days

Over the last 7 days Santa Maria reported 640 readings, mean 9 kn, strongest mean wind 21 kn, strongest gust 27 kn, mostly from NNW (326°).

What it reports

Santa Maria reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction, air temperature and sea-level pressure, hourly.

Recent readings

2026-11-04 23:00 UTC: 17 kn from NW (320°), gust 23 kn
2026-11-04 22:50 UTC: 17 kn from NW (320°), gust 21 kn
2026-11-04 21:40 UTC: 17 kn from NNW (330°), gust 21 kn
2026-11-04 20:30 UTC: 16 kn from NNW (340°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-04 19:50 UTC: 14 kn from NNW (340°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-04 18:40 UTC: 12 kn from N (350°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-04 17:40 UTC: 10 kn from N (0°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-04 16:40 UTC: 10 kn from N (0°), gust 12 kn

Position 34.937, -120.999; exposure marine. Santa Maria 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 Santa Maria: 2.3 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.7 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Santa Maria: 2.8 kn on average across 152 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

How forecasts are checked.

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