Advisory: elevated tar reported at this beach. Source unconfirmed — see The Tar Story for the seeps-vs-infrastructure question.
Butterfly Beach
Butterfly Beach Santa Barbara
Sand 3.0
Swim 5.7
Surf 5.6
Swell –
Wind 0kt
Tide H 4.513ft @ 1:27 AM
Water / Air 59.2°F water / 70°F air
UV –
Sun
↑5:59 AM ↓8:09 PM
Moon 🌒 Waxing Crescent
Reports 0 today · 1 day ago
Conditions over time
Live observations
Jul 17, 10:05 AM anon Dry sand Sporadic 1-10% Slab Liquid – B
Jul 17, 9:35 AM anon Rocks Sporadic 1-10% Slab Liquid Sheen B
Jul 17, 8:08 AM anon Wrack line Patchy 11-50% Palm Liquid Odor C
Jul 17, 6:06 AM anon Waterline Patchy 11-50% Pea Liquid None B
Jul 16, 6:55 PM tarhunter Wrack line Patchy 11-50% – Liquid – C
Jul 16, 5:10 PM UCSB COPR Lab ★ Wrack line Broken-continuous >50% Palm Firm Tar balls A
Jul 16, 4:20 PM anon Waterline Broken-continuous >50% Palm Sticky Sheen A
Jul 16, 4:00 PM anon Waterline Patchy 11-50% Slab Sticky Tar balls B
Jul 16, 2:43 PM haskells_hal Wrack line Patchy 11-50% Plate Sticky – A
Jul 16, 1:00 PM anon Dry sand Patchy 11-50% Slab Sticky – B
Jul 16, 11:40 AM anon Waterline Patchy 11-50% Slab Sticky – B
Jul 15, 6:08 PM sandsbeach_sam Wrack line Patchy 11-50% Pea Liquid – B
Jul 15, 2:01 PM SB Channelkeeper Volunteers ★ Wrack line Broken-continuous >50% Pea Sticky None A
Jul 15, 9:09 AM SB Channelkeeper Volunteers ★ Rocks Broken-continuous >50% Coin Sticky Sheen A
Jul 15, 8:09 AM carp_surfer Waterline Patchy 11-50% Palm Sticky Tar balls B
Jul 14, 7:02 AM anon Waterline Patchy 11-50% Palm Sticky Sheen C
Jul 12, 10:27 AM UCSB COPR Lab ★ Dry sand Patchy 11-50% Pea Liquid Odor A
Jul 11, 10:23 AM anon Wrack line Broken-continuous >50% Slab Hard Odor A
Jul 10, 6:45 AM SB Channelkeeper Volunteers ★ Rocks Broken-continuous >50% Palm Hard Tar balls A
Jul 9, 4:31 PM anon Dry sand Sporadic 1-10% Plate Sticky None B
16-day forecast
Sat, 7/18 PM 4.9ft · chest-to-head 4.9ft @ 14.7s 12kt onshore Overcast · 77.8°F 96%
Sun, 7/19 AM 4.7ft · chest-to-head 4.7ft @ 15.8s 12.3kt onshore Patchy Fog · 69°F 93%
Sun, 7/19 PM 5ft · chest-to-head 5ft @ 15.7s 12.1kt onshore Partly Sunny · 71°F 93%
Mon, 7/20 AM 4.9ft · chest-to-head 4.9ft @ 17s 12.4kt onshore Patchy Fog · 69°F 91%
Mon, 7/20 PM 5ft · chest-to-head 5ft @ 16.1s 12.5kt onshore Mostly Sunny · 74°F 91%
Tue, 7/21 AM 4.4ft · chest-to-head 4.4ft @ 16.7s 11.9kt onshore Patchy Fog · 67°F 88%
Tue, 7/21 PM 4.4ft · chest-to-head 4.4ft @ 15.7s 11.4kt onshore Sunny · 76°F 88%
Wed, 7/22 AM 4.1ft · chest-to-head 4.1ft @ 15.9s 11.5kt onshore Partly Sunny · 69°F 86%
Wed, 7/22 PM 3.9ft · chest-to-head 3.9ft @ 14.7s 13.1kt onshore Mostly Sunny · 78°F 86%
Thu, 7/23 AM 3.2ft · chest-to-head 3.2ft @ 14.4s 12.2kt onshore Mostly Sunny · 69°F 83%
Thu, 7/23 PM 3.5ft · chest-to-head 3.5ft @ 14.1s 12.6kt onshore Sunny · 78°F 83%
Fri, 7/24 AM 3ft · chest-to-head 3ft @ 13s 12.1kt onshore Partly Sunny · 68°F 81%
Fri, 7/24 PM 2.7ft · waist-high 2.7ft @ 12.8s 11.8kt onshore Mostly Sunny · 76°F 81%
Sat, 7/25 AM 2ft · waist-high 2ft @ 12.4s 13kt onshore Partly Sunny · 69°F 78%
Sat, 7/25 PM 2ft · waist-high 2ft @ 12.5s 12kt onshore – 78%
Sun, 7/26 AM 2ft · waist-high 2ft @ 13s 12.7kt onshore – 76%
Sun, 7/26 PM 2ft · waist-high 2ft @ 13.3s 12kt onshore – 76%
Mon, 7/27 AM 2ft · waist-high 2ft @ 13.8s 13kt onshore – 73%
Mon, 7/27 PM 2.4ft · waist-high 2.4ft @ 14s 12.5kt onshore – 73%
Tue, 7/28 AM 2.8ft · waist-high 2.8ft @ 14.9s 12.1kt onshore – 71%
Tue, 7/28 PM 2.2ft · waist-high 2.2ft @ 15.2s 12.8kt onshore – 71%
Wed, 7/29 AM 3.2ft · chest-to-head 3.2ft @ 16.1s 13kt onshore – 68%
Wed, 7/29 PM 3.3ft · chest-to-head 3.3ft @ 16.5s 11.1kt onshore – 68%
Thu, 7/30 AM 4.1ft · chest-to-head 4.1ft @ 16.6s 11.8kt onshore – 66%
Thu, 7/30 PM 3.8ft · chest-to-head 3.8ft @ 16s 12.7kt onshore – 66%
Fri, 7/31 AM 4.6ft · chest-to-head 4.6ft @ 16.1s 11.6kt onshore – 63%
Fri, 7/31 PM 4.3ft · chest-to-head 4.3ft @ 16.1s 11.2kt onshore – 63%
Sat, 8/1 AM 5ft · chest-to-head 5ft @ 15.6s 12.7kt onshore – 61%
Sat, 8/1 PM 5ft · chest-to-head 5ft @ 15.2s 12.6kt onshore – 61%
Sun, 8/2 AM 5ft · chest-to-head 5ft @ 14.1s 12.1kt onshore – 58%
Sun, 8/2 PM 5ft · chest-to-head 5ft @ 13.7s 13kt onshore – 58%
Mon, 8/3 AM 5ft · chest-to-head 5ft @ 12.9s 11.6kt onshore – 58%
Mon, 8/3 PM 5ft · chest-to-head 5ft @ 13.1s 11.4kt onshore – 58%
Confidence is an estimate based on forecast lead time.