Sands Beach
Santa Barbara County, California, United States
No photo of Sands Beach yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Tomorrow at a glance
Best: 11 am to sunset, sunset 6:15 pm7.6
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
7.7
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.6
20 km/h13 mph wind, Great
8.0
17 km/h11 mph wind, Great
8.6
12 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
14 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent
9.0
5 km/h3 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
18 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
8.8
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
8.5
8 km/h5 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
7 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 11 am to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 15°C59°F
- Water
- 21°C71°F
- Wind
- 85 km/hmph WNW
- Gusts
- 159 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.9 m3 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 4%
- Sunset
- 6:15 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 1 am, -0.3 m<1 ft
- High 8 am, 1.1 m3 ft
- Low 2 pm, -0.3 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
- Restrooms250 m820 ft away
- Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 470 m0.3 mi. Fee not listed
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 2.3 km1.4 miIsla Vista (town)
- Nearest airport
- 28 km17 miSanta Ynez Airport (SQA)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Devereux Beach0.6 km0.4 mi east away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- Ellwood Beach1.1 km0.7 mi north-west away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- Isla Vista Beach2.6 km1.6 mi east away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- Depressions Beach2.8 km1.8 mi east away8.6 Excellent tomorrow
- Haskell's Beach3.3 km2.0 mi north-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.
- Fri9.0 ExcellentBest 11 am to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h13 mph, rain 2%
- Sat9.5 ExcellentBest 10 am to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Sun8.0 GreatBest 10 am to 12 pmWind up to 9 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.9 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 0%
- Tue8.9 ExcellentBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Wed6.1 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%