Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
15.8° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jalama today?

The current surf forecast for Jalama at 1PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
!
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.8
NW
2.3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)13121267891112121212121111111111111010101716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)109996692565431194965163515201495132312291055924766702627515496385363381540521
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
S
10
W
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
SW
5
WSW
15
NW
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:56AM
1.72
10:42PM
2.03
11:40AM
1.61
11:06PM
2.02
12:29PM
1.50
11:33PM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:32PM
0.77
5:26AM
0.41
4:56PM
0.91
6:06AM
0.41
5:18PM
1.03
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise6:48-------6:46-------6:45-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:23-------7:24----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131516151313131112171617161617171821192118161515
Feels °C (?)101010888779151313121213141519171714121213
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