Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am 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 5PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

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)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.8
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
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)1010101087777777131313121261212771110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2842391581168961352323171717171716151571515161782108
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NE
5
SW
5
SW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
10
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglassonoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:59AM
1.79
11:33PM
1.97
11:52AM
1.58
12:10AM
2.00
1:04PM
1.36
12:57AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
0.71
5:07PM
0.60
6:00AM
0.68
5:34PM
0.78
7:10AM
0.67
6:03PM
0.95
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise6:37-------6:35-------6:35-------
Sunset---5:45-------5:45-------5:46----
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C81112131110101010141616131212121217191917171717
Feels °C (?)4991096777101213111099914161615151414
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