Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 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
16.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Jalama today?

The current surf forecast for Jalama at 9PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Sep)--
Afternoon (14 Sep)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (14 Sep)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.6
S
1.3
WNW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)1212127711111120111010101818181817161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)435373273234340242242242279389377358341408418399390368438339334334326386
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
5
NNE
0
SE
0
SE
10
SW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
1.97
7:26AM
1.43
5:12PM
1.97
8:07AM
1.53
6:26PM
2.00
8:38AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:56PM
0.35
10:55AM
1.31
1:01AM
0.28
12:27PM
1.23
1:50AM
0.24
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise------6:43-------6:45-------6:46-
Sunset-7:09-------7:08-------7:07------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C192118161717192121212021201921232222212323222023
Feels °C (?)191917141718212121211921201921232121202222212021
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Jalama (light winds from the W at Lompoc Airport 18 km from Jalama). 1.4m 6s windswell from the NW with a 1.0m 12s groundswell from the WNW and a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the SW. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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13 km/h
W
0.0
16.3
Air / Water (°C)
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