Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 29 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
15.6° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jalama today?

The current surf forecast for Jalama at 1AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.4
WNW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
NW
0.4
WNW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.7
NW
Period(s) (?)101010109999991288151588151481410109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27924520818113513295989577566666646414514575669081818283
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
5
S
15
NW
10
NW
10
E
10
NNW
20
NW
10
NE
25
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:06PM
1.81
8:42AM
1.96
9:31PM
1.90
9:28AM
1.90
9:54PM
1.96
10:12AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:38PM
0.31
2:46AM
0.79
3:10PM
0.39
3:28AM
0.65
3:40PM
0.50
4:08AM
0.53
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------6:52-------6:50-------6:48-
Sunset-7:20-------7:21-------7:22------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181716161616171818181516171515181817141312121216
Feels °C (?)161414141414161615171314151412161315121199912
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