Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 PDT
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Jalama surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Jalama sea temperature is
15.7° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jalama today?

The current surf forecast for Jalama at 9AM is: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 2.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Afternoon (23 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Evening (23 Mar)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
4
3
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
2
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.6
SW
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.6
NW
1.9
NW
2.4
NW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)1099999888888121118777777788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11958639046755985295053934163783132232982582462433112892221732153256401110
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
N
10
NNE
5
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SSE
10
SW
15
NW
15
N
10
N
5
NE
5
N
5
NNE
10
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscrossoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:44AM
2.11
3:03PM
1.32
1:38AM
2.05
5:15PM
1.32
2:50AM
1.97
6:53PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:18AM
0.38
6:49PM
1.15
9:40AM
0.39
7:47PM
1.28
11:07AM
0.37
9:55PM
1.34
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--7:01-------7:00-------6:58-----
Sunset-----7:15-------7:15-------7:16--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141516252722181717171720202016161716172021191413
Feels °C (?)12131424211813141515151918171314161415181714118
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