Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 21 Mar 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
16.7° C
(Which is 2.9°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 10PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)--
Afternoon (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)11111110141010101010999999919191918181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)828181785296125125122908178767678785396969452504980
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
W
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:08PM
1.64
11:49PM
2.19
1:12PM
1.47
12:31AM
2.16
2:43PM
1.33
1:24AM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
0.83
6:55AM
0.36
5:58PM
1.00
8:03AM
0.40
6:32PM
1.15
9:28AM
0.42
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------6:56-
Sunset-7:09-------7:10-------7:10------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252522212120202525242120202020252625222120202025
Feels °C (?)242522212120202525252120201920252525212019191925
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