Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Apr 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
14.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 4AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
1.1
W
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.4
S
0.7
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)149910101010169151010141414141414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7119027725021417613392889385888281828282796778747170102
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
S
10
WSW
15
W
10
NW
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
ENE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
10
NW
5
N
0
E
5
NNE
0
NNW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
offglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:35PM
2.20
10:34AM
1.70
10:07PM
2.29
11:31AM
1.61
10:45PM
2.33
12:34PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
0.23
3:52PM
0.79
5:08AM
0.12
4:26PM
0.92
6:01AM
0.09
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----6:26-------6:24-------6:24---
Sunset-------7:32-------7:34-------7:35
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161414121519212117151516182222211817161516202119
Feels °C (?)14121181216181713111113151918181515141314171816
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