Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 05 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
16.3° 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 9PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1
W
1.8
WNW
1.2
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.4
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)16161515151515151414661414141414677771313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18317416316115915710910415310621517694949494947928613170645454
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
W
0
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
SW
5
SW
0
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
crossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:04PM
1.41
11:47PM
1.97
2:20PM
1.31
12:19AM
1.89
1:00AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:22PM
1.14
7:25AM
0.54
5:30PM
1.23
8:29AM
0.61
9:51AM
0.65
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise------6:37-------6:37-------6:35-
Sunset-7:21-------7:22-------7:22------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252421202019192222232119181718222324201918171923
Feels °C (?)222218181918182019201917171617222224181615141721
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