Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 09 Jan 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
15.8° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 1AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141413131313141413132020181817171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46841733426426418017516199676767797710298160221490729867129912091016
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
E
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
NNE
5
NE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
WSW
5
SW
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
NNE
5
WSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
offoffglasscrossglassoffcross-
off
offoffoffglassglassglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
1.80
3:44PM
1.23
4:03AM
1.84
5:50PM
1.20
4:47AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:08PM
0.78
10:27AM
0.91
8:47PM
0.95
11:42AM
0.76
9:36PM
1.09
12:37PM
0.61
Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-----7:07-------7:07-------7:07--
Sunset-------5:07-------5:08-------5:09
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121111111015181613121312121620181515141414182118
Feels °C (?)1098861215141099881318171312111110161816
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