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Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 05 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
16.3° C
 (Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jalama today?

The current surf forecast for Jalama at 4AM is: 3.0m 18s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)11ft (3.5m)17s
Afternoon (06 Feb)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (06 Feb)11ft (3.5m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thu
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
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2
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
Period(s) (?)141414181716161616161515151414141313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)221621842009558468376966700467456341559250724196362032892811209416092187187216491488157411641108
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
15
E
20
ESE
10
SE
15
E
25
ESE
15
SE
5
SSW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
10
N
20
N
20
N
25
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:38AM
1.80
12:30PM
1.52
1:14AM
1.80
1:36PM
1.31
1:54AM
1.78
3:32PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
0.57
6:51AM
0.87
6:30PM
0.77
8:02AM
0.87
6:53PM
0.95
9:30AM
0.83
Thu
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise----6:56-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------5:36-------5:37-------5:37
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191717151517171715151514141822171516161516192017
Feels °C (?)171414141413151715131312101417131113121112151513
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