Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 08 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
15.7° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 8AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.4
S
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1
WNW
1
W
1
W
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)1818661316161616162099917181818181515151516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)80808572546612712765102127189160157202276276276276110148178191203
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
0
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
1.77
2:15AM
1.69
8:15PM
1.45
3:50AM
1.66
7:54PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
0.62
11:15AM
0.60
10:02PM
1.44
12:10PM
0.55
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:35-----
Sunset-----7:25-------7:27-------7:28--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------11---
Temp. °C161618272925171515151723232117151414151718171413
Feels °C (?)131315242420141313131521191815141313141617151413
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