Santa Barbara, CA 7-day fishing outlook
Forecast for the Stearns Wharf · Times in America/Los Angeles
How we pick each day's best window ·
Best = most twilight overlap, then major windows, then the earlier start; not a bite prediction.
Friday, October 16 (today)
Friday full forecastWindows, best first
- Best4:43 – 6:43 PMMajor · Moon overhead · overlaps dusk twilight (20 min)
- Best4:17 – 6:17 AMMajor · Moon underfoot
- 11:57 AM – 1:57 PMMinor · Moonrise
- 9:30 – 11:30 PMMinor · Moonset
Sun & moon
- Sunrise
- 7:05 AM
- Sunset
- 6:23 PM
- Moon
- Waxing crescent, 33%
Weather
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Tides
1 high, 1 low · highest 4.80 ft at 12:47 PM · lowest 0.90 ft at 9:35 PM
Saturday, October 17
Saturday full forecastWindows, best first
- Best5:08 – 7:08 AMMajor · Moon underfoot · overlaps dawn twilight (25 min)
- Best5:33 – 7:33 PMMajor · Moon overhead · overlaps dusk twilight (25 min)
- 12:41 – 2:41 PMMinor · Moonrise
- 10:27 PM – 12:27 AM (next day)Minor · Moonset
Sun & moon
- Sunrise
- 7:06 AM
- Sunset
- 6:22 PM
- Moon
- Waxing crescent, 42%
Weather
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Tides
1 high, 1 low · highest 4.47 ft at 1:58 PM · lowest 0.87 ft at 10:53 PM
Sunday, October 18
Sunday full forecastWindows, best first
- Best5:57 – 7:57 AMMajor · Moon underfoot · overlaps dawn twilight (26 min)
- Best6:21 – 8:21 PMMajor · Moon overhead · overlaps dusk twilight (25 min)
- 10:27 PM (previous day) – 12:27 AMMinor · Moonset
- 1:20 – 3:20 PMMinor · Moonrise
- 11:27 PM – 1:27 AM (next day)Minor · Moonset
Sun & moon
- Sunrise
- 7:07 AM
- Sunset
- 6:20 PM
- Moon
- First quarter, 51%
Weather
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Tides
2 highs, 2 lows · highest 4.29 ft at 3:47 PM · lowest 0.76 ft at 11:50 PM
Monday, October 19
Monday full forecastWindows, best first
- Best6:44 – 8:44 AMMajor · Moon underfoot · overlaps dawn twilight (24 min)
- Best7:07 – 9:07 PMMajor · Moon overhead
- 11:27 PM (previous day) – 1:27 AMMinor · Moonset
- 1:53 – 3:53 PMMinor · Moonrise
Sun & moon
- Sunrise
- 7:08 AM
- Sunset
- 6:19 PM
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 61%
Weather
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Tides
2 highs, 1 low · highest 4.34 ft at 5:14 PM · lowest 3.22 ft at 11:58 AM
Tuesday, October 20
Tuesday full forecastWindows, best first
- Best7:29 – 9:29 AMMajor · Moon underfoot
- Best7:51 – 9:51 PMMajor · Moon overhead
- 12:27 – 2:27 AMMinor · Moonset
- 2:23 – 4:23 PMMinor · Moonrise
Sun & moon
- Sunrise
- 7:09 AM
- Sunset
- 6:18 PM
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 70%
Weather
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Tides
2 highs, 2 lows · highest 4.47 ft at 6:15 PM · lowest 0.66 ft at 12:31 AM
Wednesday, October 21
Wednesday full forecastWindows, best first
- Best8:13 – 10:13 AMMajor · Moon underfoot
- Best8:35 – 10:35 PMMajor · Moon overhead
- 1:27 – 3:27 AMMinor · Moonset
- 2:50 – 4:50 PMMinor · Moonrise
Sun & moon
- Sunrise
- 7:09 AM
- Sunset
- 6:17 PM
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 79%
Weather
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Tides
2 highs, 2 lows · highest 4.59 ft at 7:06 PM · lowest 0.63 ft at 1:04 AM
Thursday, October 22
Thursday full forecastWindows, best first
- Best8:57 – 10:57 AMMajor · Moon underfoot
- Best9:19 – 11:19 PMMajor · Moon overhead
- 2:28 – 4:28 AMMinor · Moonset
- 3:17 – 5:17 PMMinor · Moonrise
Sun & moon
- Sunrise
- 7:10 AM
- Sunset
- 6:16 PM
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 87%
Weather
Loading weather: sun, moon and windows are still calculated.
Tides
2 highs, 2 lows · highest 4.88 ft at 7:59 AM · lowest 0.68 ft at 1:33 AM
Windows calculated locally with Astronomy Engine. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Tide predictions from NOAA CO-OPS.Windows are a planning aid, not a guarantee of bites.
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