Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 20 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
15.3° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Jalama today?

The current surf forecast for Jalama at 12AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (21 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.4
WNW
1
NW
1.2
NW
1.3
NW
Period(s) (?)11111010101011999999129121111101010141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1009777628500363286222184148106716880565477242332346346402386511618
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
5
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
10
SSW
0
SSW
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
N
15
WNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
15
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:47PM
1.92
12:09PM
1.53
12:25AM
1.96
1:24PM
1.34
1:12AM
1.98
3:24PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
0.68
5:48PM
0.79
7:26AM
0.65
6:18PM
0.96
8:53AM
0.60
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----6:41-------6:39-------6:37---
Sunset-------5:50-------5:51-------5:52
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111099912121312111010101316161313141414171817
Feels °C (?)776679711119877111212910111010141514
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