Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 20 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
14.9° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jalama today?

The current surf forecast for Jalama at 6AM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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


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Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
3
4
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
1.4
NW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
NW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.6
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)81514131212121212121111111111101010101099914
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)156377671904119210989679671102625521854757668672800836800678600460397395425
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
30
SE
25
SSE
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:22AM
2.21
3:28PM
1.41
1:22AM
2.09
5:02PM
1.46
2:37AM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
0.17
6:50PM
1.28
9:24AM
0.23
8:25PM
1.35
10:37AM
0.29
Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise----6:22-------6:22-------6:20---
Sunset-------7:37-------7:38-------7:39
clear
clear
clear
cloud
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----72------------------
Temp. °C141414151516161615141312121515151313131313171615
Feels °C (?)1312111012121313131110999887889912109
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