Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 19 Aug 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
15.8° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Jalama today?

The current surf forecast for Jalama at 11AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (19 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (19 Aug)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

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Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Fri
22
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
4
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
Period(s) (?)16161615157888877888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)50548346944955668681681071170465974980481410319588617766921105624703679810
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
5
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:07AM
1.48
7:28PM
2.20
9:41AM
1.55
8:20PM
2.24
10:11AM
1.61
9:06PM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
1.19
2:57AM
0.10
2:10PM
1.10
3:37AM
0.08
2:59PM
1.00
4:12AM
0.11
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Fri
22
Sunrise6:24-------6:26-------6:26-------
Sunset---7:45-------7:44-------7:42----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C162019191414141518232321161619192124242520191917
Feels °C (?)141715151010111215191817121317181921212117151817
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Jalama (light winds from the NW at Vandenberg Air Force Base Airport 15 km from Jalama). 1.4m 8s swell from the NW with a 0.6m 13s groundswell from the W and a 0.4m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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7 km/h
NW
Clean
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