Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 19 Feb 2026 PST
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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
15.3° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Jalama today?

The current surf forecast for Jalama at 1AM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (20 Feb)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (20 Feb)6ft (1.9m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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2
2
4
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1
WNW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111111110101010119999999912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)387933782904267729292046156712571009846628500408286222203148106929082545554
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
N
15
N
20
N
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
E
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSW
5
SSW
0
NNW
5
NE
5
N
10
NNE
5
N
10
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:16PM
1.86
11:13AM
1.74
11:47PM
1.92
12:09PM
1.53
12:25AM
1.96
1:24PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
0.72
5:20PM
0.62
6:16AM
0.68
5:48PM
0.79
7:26AM
0.65
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----6:41-------6:41-------6:39---
Sunset-------5:49-------5:50-------5:51
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1211119911131211109991213121212111110141717
Feels °C (?)444445777776678910111097121412
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