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Jalama Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 PDTForecast 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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Jalama today?
The current surf forecast for Jalama at 9AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Mar) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (20 Mar) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 16s |
| Evening (20 Mar) | 3ft (0.9m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Jalama. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 177 | 173 | 229 | 223 | 217 | 217 | 199 | 196 | 224 | 214 | 205 | 233 | 326 | 476 | 882 | 1310 | 1509 | 1693 | 1660 | 1456 | 1339 | 1149 | 1149 | 1186 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | glass | glass | cross- off | glass | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 11:28AM 1.76 | 11:26PM 2.11 | 12:24PM 1.60 | 12:02AM 2.14 | 1:31PM 1.44 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:21AM 0.44 | 5:10PM 0.70 | 6:12AM 0.37 | 5:40PM 0.85 | 7:10AM 0.36 | 6:12PM 1.01 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:14 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 12 |
| Feels °C (?) | 22 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 8 |
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