Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 17 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
15.9° 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 6AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (18 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (18 Feb)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
3
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
3
WSW
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.2
WNW
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
2.1
W
2.5
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)88101011121212121212121278101011111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)614140826112320188818391652141513609428557466494009031465191115551174908631476423460
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
35
WSW
40
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
0
S
10
S
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassoncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
1.71
9:40AM
2.07
10:42PM
1.79
10:21AM
1.93
11:09PM
1.86
11:06AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:37AM
0.84
4:21PM
0.32
4:22AM
0.77
4:47PM
0.45
5:12AM
0.72
Tue
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----6:41-------6:41-------6:39---
Sunset-------5:45-------5:46-------5:47
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
344---------341---------
Temp. °C131210981011128889912131097766111414
Feels °C (?)8622355634576863222127910
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