Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 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
16.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Jalama today?

The current surf forecast for Jalama at 10AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (18 Nov)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (18 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.7
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121211111111111010111111111110101013121211109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)238120371810166415271314122012807066049279448518516903274503637214283306851168937
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NE
10
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:44AM
2.09
9:23PM
1.50
8:09AM
2.11
10:07PM
1.48
8:37AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:29AM
0.99
2:54PM
0.30
1:57AM
1.07
3:28PM
0.25
2:25AM
1.14
4:04PM
0.23
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Sunrise--6:37-------6:39-------6:39-----
Sunset-----4:54-------4:54-------4:53--
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------41--
Temp. °C121211131514131312111114141412121112121212121211
Feels °C (?)1011910131211129871110109991011111010109
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