Jalama Surf Forecast

/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.51° N 120.50° W)

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Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 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 14.7° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jalama today?

The current surf forecast for Jalama at 11PM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 18s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (14 Oct)	8ft (2.4m)	11s
Evening (14 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	11s

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

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	Tuesday 14				Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	0	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	16	16	10	15	17	15	15	14	14	16	16	16	14	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1488	1462	1382	1114	862	649	573	453	436	425	365	387	381	309	309	305	305	519	441	255	357	372	372	443
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SE	E	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	ENE	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:59PM 1.84					7:27AM 1.67				6:15PM 1.82				7:56AM 1.76				7:15PM 1.81					8:22AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	11:20AM 1.28				12:26AM 0.34				12:37PM 1.13				1:13AM 0.38				1:32PM 0.96				1:50AM 0.44

	Tuesday 14				Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	15	16	15	14	14	14	12	12	17	19	17	14	14	16	16	17	19
Feels °C (?)	12	13	13	13	12	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	8	9	14	14	13	10	11	14	13	15	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Jalama (light winds from the SE at Vandenberg Air Force Base Airport 15 km from Jalama). 2.2m 11s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.6m 18s long period groundswell, also from the WNW and a 0.5m 15s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 47 minutes ago Jalama

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