Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 04 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
16.2° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 7PM is: 0.7m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)--
Afternoon (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
3
5
5
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)181817141314131514131414141818171616161615151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17817829731135654149573311107969321067121416444434510653405081464940323664300024242197
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NE
5
NW
0
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
offoffcross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:48AM
1.99
11:58PM
1.79
11:33AM
1.76
12:32AM
1.80
12:22PM
1.52
1:07AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:29PM
0.37
5:45AM
0.86
5:58PM
0.57
6:44AM
0.87
6:23PM
0.77
7:55AM
0.87
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:52-
Sunset-5:31-------5:32-------5:34------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C292622212020192424221819171515191918151514151419
Feels °C (?)262419171616152120181516141413161616141413131218
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