Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 11 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
15.2° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 9AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.3
W
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
W
1.2
W
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)161616151515161615151515151011101010101010141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)206206169158152110162160156148174169167374452443363306300240273110113103
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
N
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
WSW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
W
25
W
30
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassonononononcross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:14AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
1.36
12:50PM
0.50
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise--6:33-------6:33-------6:31-----
Sunset-----7:29-------7:29-------7:30--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1121--------------
Temp. °C131314171717141414121316171613111010121719181210
Feels °C (?)1313141514151312121012131312109871013131187
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