Surf-Forecast | Jelly Bowl Surf Guide

Lat Long: 34.39° N 119.51° W

Issued: 3 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Jelly Bowl sea temperature is

21.7°C

Jelly Bowl surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Photo by: carplocal

Jelly Bowl Surf Guide

Jelly Bowl in Santa Barbara is a reasonably exposed reef break that has pretty consitent surf. Summer offers the optimum conditions for surfing. Offshore winds blow from the north northeast. Clean groundswells prevail and the best swell direction is from the southwest. Best around low tide when the tide is rising. Sometimes crowded. Take care of locals and pollution.

Jelly Bowl Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Reef	2	fairly consistent	21.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Jelly Bowl:

The best conditions reported for surf at Jelly Bowl occur when a Southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the North-northeast.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

What's the best time of year to surf Jelly Bowl (for consistent clean waves)?

januaryBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Jelly Bowl with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of January. Clean surfable waves are typically found 6% of the time in January while 12% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 82% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

12%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

82%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Jelly Bowl Location Map

Interactive Jelly Bowl surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Jelly Bowl is Point Mugu Nas Airport (NTD) in USA, 47 km (29 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Jelly Bowl is Vandenberg Afb (Lompoc) Airport (VBG), also in USA, 105 km (65 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Jelly Bowl Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Thursday, 5 November 2026, 06:53 Local Time

m, °C	Thursday 05
ft, °F	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Wave (m)	W	W	W	W
Period (s)	12	9	9	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross

What does Jelly Bowl look like?

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Credit: carplocal

Tides at Jelly Bowl

Current tide and informaton

For Carpinteria, 1 km from Jelly Bowl.

Next High Water: 07:08pm | 1.69m

Next Low Water: 01:11pm | 0.57m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Jelly Bowl Sea Temperature

Sunny with pleasantly warm air temperatures (feeling like 24.0 °C once we account for wind), and similar sea temperatures (21.7 °C). Wear boardshorts or a shorty, or better still a thin summer wetsuit to keep the UV off.

Today, many surfers would wear a shorty.

Current Temp*: 21.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite