Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 06 Apr 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
16.5° C
(Which is 2.8°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 6PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
1.6
W
1.5
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
1.6
WNW
1.2
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1.4
W
1.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.4
SW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)1515141466614141414146767131313676166
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)109104153106187155979494949461212131686154545514826113066136
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
SSW
5
SW
5
W
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
WNW
5
W
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:20PM
1.31
12:19AM
1.89
1:00AM
1.80
2:05AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
0.54
5:30PM
1.23
8:29AM
0.61
9:51AM
0.65
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise6:37-------6:37-------6:35-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:23----
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192222232019181718222323191918171923252521191918
Feels °C (?)182120211818171617212222171716141721242217151717
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