Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 20 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
15.1° 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 12AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)--
Afternoon (21 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
3
1
2
2
1
2
2
3
!
!
!
!
1
2
3
3
!
!
!
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.9
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
NW
1.1
NW
1.3
NW
1.8
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
Period(s) (?)16121515151211111111910101010101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)217217204196199214205233263406564117915411658154114261261131212861347157514451188987
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglassglasscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
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
12:44AM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
0.70
6:12AM
0.37
5:40PM
0.85
7:10AM
0.36
6:12PM
1.01
8:18AM
0.38
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise------7:03-------7:03-------7:01-
Sunset-7:13-------7:14-------7:14------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222117181917182119201415141413181817121313131420
Feels °C (?)20201718181618211617111211108141413810991015
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