Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 10 Jan 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
15.9° C
(Which is 1.9°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 2PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (10 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
W
0.3
WNW
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131314141413202019181817161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6969683817171717164032343378188238307390359421416329324316
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
0
SE
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
ESE
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
SSE
5
W
5
WNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglassglassoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
1.25
3:57AM
1.86
5:44PM
1.22
4:42AM
1.90
7:16PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
0.93
8:40PM
0.97
11:37AM
0.78
9:30PM
1.11
12:32PM
0.62
10:33PM
1.20
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-7:03-------7:03-------7:03------
Sunset---5:06-------5:07-------5:07----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121718171514141414182120171717161620212118171717
Feels °C (?)81515141210101010161918141413121218181815131313
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