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Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 11 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
15.8° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 4PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)20s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
W
0.4
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
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)141414132020191818171616161616151514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)164032583378188238307390354421416329324312288268264253236173171171
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
0
ESE
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
0
SSE
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
0
E
5
SW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglassglassoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:44PM
1.22
4:42AM
1.90
7:16PM
1.29
5:26AM
1.96
8:08PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:37AM
0.78
9:30PM
1.11
12:32PM
0.62
10:33PM
1.20
1:14PM
0.48
11:34PM
1.23
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise-7:03-------7:03-------7:03------
Sunset---5:07-------5:07-------5:07----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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. °C151921201717161616202121181818171722232319181919
Feels °C (?)111718181414121212181818151514131319202016151515
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