Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 03 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
16.1° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 9AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (03 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (03 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313121212181817141313131414131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)122310609007585994994844053452582241761781783003113565115901315124390513131052
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
0
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
ESE
5
SW
5
W
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
NE
5
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglasscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:52PM
1.72
10:05AM
2.19
11:25PM
1.76
10:48AM
1.99
11:58PM
1.79
11:33AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:01AM
0.88
4:58PM
0.19
4:51AM
0.86
5:29PM
0.37
5:45AM
0.86
5:58PM
0.57
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:54-----
Sunset-----5:30-------5:31-------5:32--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717232423201919191825272521212120202424221818
Feels °C (?)161515222122181616161422242218181716162119191517
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