Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 20 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 1AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (21 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (21 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
W
0.2
SSW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)8777777131313131212612777111010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)685335232317171717171615157151516278396120110109109
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
10
N
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33PM
1.97
11:52AM
1.58
12:10AM
2.00
1:04PM
1.36
12:57AM
2.01
3:05PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:07PM
0.60
6:00AM
0.68
5:34PM
0.78
7:10AM
0.67
6:03PM
0.95
8:39AM
0.63
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----6:35-------6:35-------6:33---
Sunset-------5:45-------5:46-------5:47
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C101010101013161612121212121819191716161616212221
Feels °C (?)877779121410109991516161514131312191818
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