Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 PDT
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Jelly Bowl surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Jelly Bowl sea temperature is
16.2° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jelly Bowl today?

The current surf forecast for Jelly Bowl at 12PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1.4
W
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)1313131313131312871212111212778888666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)68444444444442403139395042132132378792116119120144300226
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NNW
0
SE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
N
5
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
20
SE
5
W
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21PM
2.35
1:38PM
1.45
12:10AM
2.26
3:11PM
1.41
1:10AM
2.12
4:51PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:52AM
0.12
5:39PM
1.16
7:58AM
0.19
6:34PM
1.28
9:13AM
0.26
8:10PM
1.36
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise--6:20-------6:18-------6:18-----
Sunset-----7:32-------7:34-------7:35--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------26-----------
Temp. °C151516192019151515141615151614131211131618191615
Feels °C (?)1414151718171313131113121513131197101314151312
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