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Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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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
15.6° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jalama today?

The current surf forecast for Jalama at 6PM is: 4.0m 17s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)13ft (4.0m)17s
Evening (08 Jan)13ft (4.0m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)181717161616161615151514141414141313131313121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3705860388267903707362365468470539673410299424162114183615811201947769552424418306352368
Wind
(km/h)
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
N
25
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
ESE
5
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
5
NE
5
N
10
NE
10
N
5
NW
15
NW
15
N
10
NNE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
1.62
2:38AM
1.76
2:06PM
1.39
3:22AM
1.80
3:49PM
1.23
4:06AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:37PM
0.59
8:59AM
1.02
8:13PM
0.78
10:30AM
0.90
8:52PM
0.95
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-------7:09-------7:09-------7:09
Sunset-5:07-------5:07-------5:08------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131311989101114141213131315151717141515151616
Feels °C (?)444245781110810101011111413101212111112
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