Jelly Bowl surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 08 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 10AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
1.1
WNW
1.3
W
1.2
W
0.4
SW
1.5
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)18131313135661651616161617181818181515151616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)59585454566913510866121846867103145209123209209656288173173
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
N
5
N
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
10
W
5
NW
5
NNE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:00AM
1.80
2:05AM
1.72
8:21PM
1.47
3:44AM
1.68
7:50PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:51AM
0.65
11:10AM
0.62
9:50PM
1.47
12:06PM
0.57
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise--6:35-------6:33-------6:33-----
Sunset-----7:23-------7:23-------7:24--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171719232424222019181921212018171615161718171514
Feels °C (?)161518222323201717171920181616161515151617161413
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