Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 04 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 2.7°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 12PM is: 0.4m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)19s
Afternoon (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Evening (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)17s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.6
W
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)1919191818181717161616161616151515151515141466
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)666611010199156154146198193129132183174163161159157109104107106175176
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
S
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
0
N
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:10PM
1.53
11:20PM
2.03
1:04PM
1.41
11:47PM
1.97
2:20PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:51AM
0.42
5:04PM
1.02
6:34AM
0.47
5:22PM
1.14
7:25AM
0.54
5:30PM
1.23
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise--6:41-------6:39-------6:37-----
Sunset-----7:21-------7:21-------7:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201920252726222121202225252320201918192122232019
Feels °C (?)141315212221191716151821212017171716191920221917
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