Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 23 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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 2PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 23). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.2
WNW
0.6
W
1.1
W
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.5
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)101010101111111112101013121210101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1831791792062232231842864187122617181898127165159194440120113106192
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NW
10
WSW
5
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
1.21
2:09AM
1.97
5:58PM
1.26
3:30AM
1.99
7:05PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:48AM
0.61
6:47PM
1.11
10:24AM
0.51
8:03PM
1.24
11:42AM
0.36
10:15PM
1.28
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise6:37-------6:35-------6:33-------
Sunset---5:50-------5:51-------5:52----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C142023221716161615222523161515151622262418181717
Feels °C (?)121921201514131312192120131312121420242217171615
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