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Jalama surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 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
15.6° 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 5PM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 06). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)--
Afternoon (06 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (06 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
1
2
2
1
3
3
2
3
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
1.2
NW
1.5
NW
1.8
NW
2.1
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111111178201918181817171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10921085990887807732661595634862490805111116262036274537054043473273406394575052184471
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
10
ESE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
25
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
N
35
NNW
40
NNW
30
N
25
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offcross-
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		cross-
off		offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
2.11
1:09AM
1.68
11:59AM
1.87
1:54AM
1.72
12:54PM
1.62
2:38AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:21PM
0.19
6:15AM
1.09
7:00PM
0.39
7:31AM
1.08
7:37PM
0.59
8:59AM
1.02
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise-------7:09-------7:09-------7:09
Sunset-5:06-------5:07-------5:07------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1616141313131214151413131212111113131110881012
Feels °C (?)12151211111181110987534554434479
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