Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 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
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 5PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)6ft (1.9m)12s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
1
2
4
4
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
3
3
1
1
2
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)12121212121211111111111010101015999147777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)119210989679671000966901771680668575647590612588367526388402357428420492456
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:28PM
1.41
1:22AM
2.09
5:02PM
1.46
2:37AM
1.95
6:07PM
1.56
4:06AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
0.17
6:50PM
1.28
9:24AM
0.23
8:25PM
1.35
10:37AM
0.29
10:26PM
1.31
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise6:22-------6:22-------6:20-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:38-------7:39----
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1121---------------------
Temp. °C151516161514131212141515141313121318181514131212
Feels °C (?)15131313131211109988999891311109888
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