Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 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
19.9° C
(Which is 2.4°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 9AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (15 Sep)1ft (0.3m)20s
Evening (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)19s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)131313202020191918181818181716161616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)85132128137136195167163235234206203201186192162175174170148147145159160
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
10
S
10
S
5
SW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
0
NNW
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononcross-
off
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:21AM
1.45
5:06PM
1.99
7:59AM
1.56
6:20PM
2.04
8:29AM
1.65
7:18PM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50PM
0.37
10:49AM
1.33
12:54AM
0.29
12:22PM
1.24
1:43AM
0.23
1:22PM
1.10
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise--6:39-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset-----7:05-------7:02-------7:01--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212123252626242323232528292826252424252625242324
Feels °C (?)212224252627242323232528292826252424252625242223
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Jelly Bowl (light winds from the SE at BUOY-NTBC1 16 km from Jelly Bowl). 0.4m 6s windswell from the W with a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.2m 8s swell from the S as well as a 0.2m 2s local chop from the SE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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16 km away, 1 h 53 min ago

9 km/h
SE
0.0
19.9
Air / Water (°C)
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