Butterfly Beach
Santa Barbara County, California, United States
Tomorrow at a glance
Best: 8 am to 3 pm, sunset 6:14 pm7.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.1
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
8.4
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
8.6
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
8.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.5
12 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
8.4
4 km/h3 mph wind, Great
6.2
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
7.1
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
8.2
14 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.7
19 km/h12 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 8 am to 3 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 15°C58°F
- Water
- 22°C71°F
- Wind
- 53 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 117 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.8 m3 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 3%
- Sunset
- 6:14 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 1 am, -0.2 m<1 ft
- High 8 am, 1.1 m4 ft
- Low 2 pm, -0.2 m<1 ft
- High 8 pm, 0.9 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- Parking8 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 270 m880 ft. Fee not listed
- Food and drink9 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 710 m0.4 mi
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 630 m0.4 miNorth Jameson & Miramar
- Nearest town
- 2.1 km1.3 miMontecito (town)
- Nearest airport
- 46 km29 miSanta Ynez Airport (SQA)
Nearby places
- Sushi by Scratch RestaurantsSushi710 m0.4 mi
- Lion's TaleFood and drink710 m0.4 mi
- Coast & OliveFood and drink730 m0.5 mi
- Lucky'sSteak house740 m0.5 mi
- Los ArroyosMexican800 m0.5 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Rosewood Miramar Beach0.6 km0.4 mi east away8.3 Great tomorrow
- Summerland Beach3.4 km2.1 mi east away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- East Beach3.7 km2.3 mi west away8.3 Great tomorrow
- Summerland Beach Cove3.9 km2.4 mi east away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- West Beach5.2 km3.3 mi west away8.3 Great tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Fri8.6 ExcellentBest 8 am to 3 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 1%
- Sat9.7 ExcellentBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Sun8.6 ExcellentBest 10 am to 1 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
- Mon9.9 ExcellentBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Tue9.3 ExcellentBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
- Wed6.3 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%