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Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 11 Feb 2026 PST
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Tajiguas surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tajiguas sea temperature is
16.0° C
 (Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 8PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)--
Afternoon (11 Feb)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (11 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
2
2
2
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
NW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)111011111111111111101010101010101917171716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)936643663599526459396338269314184180216208173184319302386453532620612697
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
W
20
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
20
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
E
10
E
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offglasscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
8:19PM
1.37
5:46AM
1.90
8:35PM
1.42
6:32AM
2.00
8:53PM
1.46
7:12AM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:56PM
0.51
11:22PM
1.30
1:33PM
0.39
12:19AM
1.25
2:06PM
0.30
1:02AM
1.18
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise------6:48-------6:48-------6:47-
Sunset-5:38-------5:39-------5:40------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C16151211101091517171111121110172121141313131216
Feels °C (?)14131098861414138898714181711101010912
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