Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 12 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
16.4° 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 8AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (12 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
1.3
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.2
W
0.4
SSW
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.4
SW
0.7
W
1.1
W
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)16151515151510101010101056661478816766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138133126123121121196198198161158122751841779878746060665280140
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
5
N
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
NW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:15AM
1.75
8:02PM
1.70
7:08AM
1.80
8:17PM
1.82
7:57AM
1.84
8:37PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:47AM
1.23
1:18PM
0.48
1:28AM
1.05
1:46PM
0.48
2:07AM
0.84
2:15PM
0.51
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise--6:31-------6:28-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:27-------7:28-------7:28--
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
12----------------------
Temp. °C151415161716131312121315171816141312141819181614
Feels °C (?)13131412121110111010121112121110109121516151412
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