Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 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
20.1° C
(Which is 2.7°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 10AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)151514141414141414141413141413131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11511012011811811611010766636160636592925950555551305352
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
SE
5
WNW
5
NW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
0
WNW
0
WNW
0
S
0
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
0
NW
0
NE
5
NNE
0
NW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrossglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:55AM
1.73
8:07PM
2.10
9:20AM
1.80
8:49PM
2.08
9:43AM
1.87
9:29PM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22AM
0.22
2:09PM
0.95
2:55AM
0.26
2:50PM
0.82
3:25AM
0.33
3:28PM
0.71
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:43-----
Sunset-----7:00-------6:59-------6:58--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----111211--------------
Temp. °C222122232222212222222124242322222121222525242323
Feels °C (?)242224242323232525252426262424242322242525242524
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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 W at BUOY-NTBC1 16 km from Jelly Bowl). 0.4m 9s swell from the SW with a 0.3m 9s swell from the SSW and a 0.2m 9s swell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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16 km away, 1 h 48 min ago

9 km/h
W
0.0
20.1
Air / Water (°C)
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