Tajiguas surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 25 Mar 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
16.0° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tajiguas today?

The current surf forecast for Tajiguas at 4PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (25 Mar)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
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)16161616161699991010101011111010101111141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9312712512512412417321626031429525024520926321019513911012393797747
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
E
5
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
NE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglassglassglassononglassglassoffglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:52PM
1.41
4:17AM
1.92
7:35PM
1.52
5:44AM
1.93
8:07PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:04AM
0.38
9:51PM
1.34
12:17PM
0.32
11:49PM
1.27
1:13PM
0.28
1:02AM
1.12
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise6:56-------6:56-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:15-------7:15-------7:16----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C142122211716161716212625181818191822242319181818
Feels °C (?)142020211515141515202424181717181721232319171717
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