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Cojo surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 PST
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Cojo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cojo sea temperature is
15.6° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cojo today?

The current surf forecast for Cojo at 3AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

Table - waves today at Cojo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
NW
1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)141414131313141414131314131318171616161515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66059757248248248250445925721217240549847544841959768882772610457891002934
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
0
SSE
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NE
5
E
5
SE
5
S
5
SW
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
E
0
SSE
5
SE
10
SE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		glassglassglassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		onglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:50PM
1.49
9:19AM
2.21
11:19PM
1.52
9:54AM
2.14
11:47PM
1.57
10:31AM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
1.12
4:41PM
0.16
3:47AM
1.10
5:10PM
0.22
4:32AM
1.08
Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-----7:05-------7:05-------7:05--
Sunset-------5:17-------5:19-------5:20
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181816151518181817171717181919181817171716171817
Feels °C (?)151413121216151615151514151616161615151515151515
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