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Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 19 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
16.2° C
(Which is 2.5°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 5AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)1313131313131313131281212121112126789996
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)696968444444444442403030395041451746686119180152153130
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
E
15
ESE
20
SE
15
WSW
20
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglassglassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21PM
2.35
1:38PM
1.45
12:10AM
2.26
3:11PM
1.41
1:10AM
2.12
4:51PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:52AM
0.12
5:39PM
1.16
7:58AM
0.19
6:34PM
1.28
9:13AM
0.26
Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise----6:20-------6:18-------6:18---
Sunset-------7:32-------7:34-------7:35
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------351--------
Temp. °C161615151619201816161514161416161413121113171819
Feels °C (?)15151414151718161414131113111413121210810141416
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