Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 27 Mar 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 7AM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (27 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (27 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)10101010101111111010101010121111111110101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1103934800692659712651593498396388356388542505487487533391442315309296343
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
0
E
5
ESE
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
15
N
20
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:46AM
1.93
8:10PM
1.62
6:55AM
1.96
8:39PM
1.72
7:52AM
1.98
9:06PM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
1.27
1:16PM
0.28
1:05AM
1.12
2:00PM
0.27
2:00AM
0.96
2:38PM
0.31
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise--6:56-------6:54-------6:52-----
Sunset-----7:17-------7:19-------7:20--
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161616191818151515131420181813131213142020191615
Feels °C (?)1516151818171314141112171414101099111716151312
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