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Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 09 Mar 2026 PDT
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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
14.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 3PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (09 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (09 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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Monday
09
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10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
WNW
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)121212111111111111111110111010101020201919111918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8294156167198167170167161210245210302346296231231188186184183181180157
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
20
ESE
20
SE
10
SE
5
ENE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
N
5
NNE
5
NE
5
N
5
NNE
5
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
off		offoffglassglassglassglasscross-
on		glassoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:07PM
1.20
2:11AM
1.74
3:27AM
1.70
9:38PM
1.39
4:59AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22AM
0.73
5:53PM
1.20
11:00AM
0.71
12:21PM
0.63
9:57PM
1.39
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise7:18-------7:18-------7:16-------
Sunset---7:01-------7:02-------7:04----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141818191513121212172019131313121219222118161617
Feels °C (?)121515171512101111161917111213111118202017131314
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