Point Conception · Santa Barbara County · California
Perko's Surf Report & Forecast, Point Conception, California
Perko's, Point Conception, California: 4–5 ft, chest to head high, at 12 pm PST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Great. The main swell is 4.2 ft at 15 seconds from the west, with calm wind. Water is about 71°F, so a 2mm wetsuit jacket is the suggestion; the next low tide is -0.4 ft at 3:59 pm.
4–5 ft
chest to head high · occasional 6 ft
- Swell
- 4.2 ft · 15 s · Wplus 1.2 ft · 16 s · SSW
- Wind
- calmcalm
- Tide
- 3.3 ft fallinglow -0.4 ft at 3:59 pm
- Water
- 71°F2mm jacket
- Air
- 74°Ffeels like 75°F
- Sun
- rise 6:29 amset 5:01 pm
Perko's surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Perko's: 9 am, Great, on a falling high tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Perko's: 6 am, Great, on a rising high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 4–5 ft | Great | 5 mph offshore (N) | 4.6 ft |
| 7 am | 4–5 ft | Great | 5 mph offshore (N) | 5.5 ft |
| 8 am | 4–5 ft | Great | 4 mph offshore (N) | 6.0 ft |
| 9 am | 4–5 ft | Great | calm | 6.1 ft |
| 10 am | 4–5 ft | Great | calm | 5.7 ft |
| 11 am | 4–5 ft | Great | 5 mph cross-shore (W) | 4.7 ft |
| 12 pmnow | 4–5 ft | Great | 6 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 3.3 ft |
| 1 pm | 4 ft | Great | 7 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 12 | 1.9 ft |
| 2 pm | 4–5 ft | Great | 8 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 0.7 ft |
| 3 pm | 4–5 ft | Great | 9 mph cross-shore (NW) | -0.1 ft |
| 4 pm | 4 ft | Great | 10 mph cross-shore (NW) | -0.4 ft |
| 5 pm | 4 ft | Great | 11 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 16 | -0.1 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 3–4 ft | Great | 7 mph offshore (NE) | 4.2 ft |
| 7 am | 3–4 ft | Great | 7 mph cross-shore (ENE) | 5.0 ft |
| 8 am | 3–4 ft | Great | 7 mph cross-shore (ENE) | 5.7 ft |
| 9 am | 3–4 ft | Good | 5 mph cross-shore (ENE) | 6.0 ft |
| 10 am | 3–4 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (E) | 5.9 ft |
| 11 am | 3–4 ft | Great | calm | 5.1 ft |
| 12 pm | 2–3 ft | Good | calm | 4.0 ft |
| 1 pm | 2–3 ft | Good | calm | 2.6 ft |
| 2 pm | 2–3 ft | Good | 4 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 1.3 ft |
| 3 pm | 2–3 ft | Good | calm | 0.3 ft |
| 4 pm | 2–3 ft | Good | 6 mph cross-shore (WNW) | -0.3 ft |
| 5 pm | 2–3 ft | Good | 8 mph cross-shore (NW) | -0.3 ft |
Perko's waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 12 pm, sets at Perko's arrive about every 5 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly barreling and soft.
- Set waves
- about 4.7 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 5 minutes or so, each lasting about 42 s
- Lulls
- about 196 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Barrelingwhich means the lip pitches out and can throw a barrel
- Shape
- Softwhich means mostly mellow, with occasional steeper sections
- Breaking
- 37% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- strong, about 1.9 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Perko's surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Perko's: the biggest day is Monday, Nov 16 at 5–8 ft, and the best-rated day is Sunday, Nov 15 (Great). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 4–5 ft and Great; Sunday, Nov 15, 4–5 ft and Great.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Perko's are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | 4–5 ft | Great | 3.9 ft · 16 s · W | 4 mph offshore (N) | 8 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 9 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 2–4 ft | Great | 3.4 ft · 13 s · W | 7 mph cross-shore (ENE) | 4 mph cross-shore (WNW) | 6 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 2–3 ft | Good | 3.1 ft · 14 s · W | 4 mph cross-shore (E) | 5 mph onshore (SSE), gusts 10 | 5 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 3–5 ft | Good | 1.9 ft · 13 s · W | 8 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 14 | 12 mph cross-shore (SE), gusts 20 | 5 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 3–5 ft | Good | 3.6 ft · 15 s · W | 5 mph cross-shore (SSE) | 9 mph cross-shore (W) | 8 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 4–5 ft | Great | 4.1 ft · 15 s · W | 8 mph cross-shore (NW) | 16 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 22 | 10 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 4–5 ft | Great | 4.9 ft · 18 s · W | 9 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 16 | 13 mph cross-shore (WNW), gusts 22 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 5–8 ft | Good | 5.6 ft · 15 s · WSW | 19 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 31 | 23 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 35 | 7 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 4–7 ft | Good | — | 21 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 31 | 25 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 30 | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 2–4 ft | Great | — | 14 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 23 | 19 mph cross-shore (NW), gusts 24 | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Perko's are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Perko's tide chart and tide times
Tides at Perko's today, Monday, Nov 9: low 2.4 ft at 2:23 am, high 6.2 ft at 8:40 am, low -0.4 ft at 3:59 pm and high 3.9 ft at 10:29 pm. At 12 pm the tide is 3.3 ft and falling.
Perko's tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low 2.4 ft at 2:23 amHigh 6.2 ft at 8:40 amLow -0.4 ft at 3:59 pmHigh 3.9 ft at 10:29 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 2.6 ft at 2:56 amHigh 6.0 ft at 9:09 amLow -0.4 ft at 4:33 pmHigh 3.7 ft at 11:17 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Low 2.8 ft at 3:22 amHigh 5.8 ft at 9:38 amLow -0.2 ft at 5:18 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 3.4 ft at 12:21 amLow 3.0 ft at 3:38 amHigh 5.6 ft at 10:11 amLow 0.1 ft at 6:03 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 3.5 ft at 1:30 amLow 3.3 ft at 3:59 amHigh 5.5 ft at 10:48 amLow 0.5 ft at 6:54 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 3.6 ft at 3:10 amLow 3.6 ft at 4:37 amHigh 5.2 ft at 11:29 amLow 0.6 ft at 7:50 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 3.6 ft at 4:22 amLow 3.6 ft at 5:52 amHigh 4.6 ft at 12:19 pmLow 0.6 ft at 8:44 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 3.8 ft at 4:58 amLow 3.5 ft at 8:24 amHigh 4.2 ft at 1:31 pmLow 0.7 ft at 9:32 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 4.0 ft at 5:15 amLow 3.2 ft at 10:19 amHigh 3.8 ft at 2:55 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Perko's water temperature
The water temperature at Perko's is about 71°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 75°F and a 2 mph wind, a 2mm wetsuit jacket is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 68 and 71°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Perko's
- Cojo1.0 mi W · 5–6 ft · Great
- Government Point1.6 mi WSW · 7–9 ft · Epic
- Jalama Beach6.2 mi NW · 6–8 ft · Good
- Gaviota11 mi E · 3 ft · Great
- Tajiguas19 mi E · 3 ft · Great
- Surf Beach20 mi NNW · 12–13 ft · Great
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About Perko's
Perko's is a reef break in Point Conception, Santa Barbara County, California, facing south-southwest.
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