Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 21 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
15.4° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 2PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (21 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)10109791313121277771110101010101011111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)94362217401616151517152437151138158186183179190223281231307
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
SW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
0
NW
10
WSW
5
W
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:01PM
1.54
12:18AM
1.96
1:15PM
1.34
1:06AM
1.97
3:17PM
1.21
2:09AM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
0.68
5:41PM
0.78
7:19AM
0.65
6:11PM
0.95
8:48AM
0.61
6:47PM
1.11
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise6:39-------6:37-------6:37-------
Sunset---5:49-------5:50-------5:50----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C81415141010999161919141313131320222117161614
Feels °C (?)510111288666141616111010101018191915141310
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