Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 19 Feb 2026 PST
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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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.7°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 4AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 19). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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

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Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)91010101010101087777777131313121261212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6857015633862842391881438461352323171717171716151561515
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNE
0
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
S
5
SSW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
N
5
N
10
NNW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossonglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
1.91
10:59AM
1.79
11:33PM
1.97
11:52AM
1.58
12:10AM
2.00
1:04PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:40PM
0.45
5:04AM
0.71
5:07PM
0.60
6:00AM
0.68
5:34PM
0.78
7:10AM
0.67
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----6:37-------6:35-------6:35---
Sunset-------5:45-------5:45-------5:46
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C9877811131311101010101316151313121212171919
Feels °C (?)321249101097766912131112999141616
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