Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 23 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
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 7AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 23). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (23 Feb)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (23 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.4
WNW
1
NW
1.1
NW
1.5
WNW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.9
NW
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)1010101413111313131312121212121210101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)360416410402451503609609545914727626508436500236249294284279226188176149
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:12AM
1.98
3:24PM
1.22
2:14AM
1.98
5:58PM
1.26
3:33AM
2.00
7:07PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:53AM
0.60
6:55PM
1.11
10:27AM
0.50
8:10PM
1.24
11:45AM
0.36
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:35-----
Sunset-----5:52-------5:52-------5:53--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131314162018151515141518191715151515151919181515
Feels °C (?)101011131715121111101115141312121212121716161212
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