Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 31 Aug 2025 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
19.6° 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 10PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Aug)--
Afternoon (31 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (31 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s

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

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Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161615151515151515151515141415151516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)299282350310331305261253268268292293241301215217202206197187252203217263
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:02PM
1.73
5:19PM
1.79
9:02AM
1.41
6:20PM
1.88
9:08AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:44AM
0.61
1:30AM
0.49
12:08PM
1.33
2:06AM
0.37
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Sunrise------6:33-------6:33-------6:33-
Sunset-7:28-------7:27-------7:24------
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. °C292824252424253030292625242324313032252324242632
Feels °C (?)292824252424253029282524232224302929211921222631
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Tajiguas (light winds from the W at East Santa Barbara Buoy 36 km from Tajiguas). 0.5m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.4m 2s local chop, also from the WSW and a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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18 km/h
W
0.0
19.6
Air / Water (°C)
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